Dramatic Romances by Robert Browning
"Dramatic Romances and Lyrics" by Robert Browning is a poetry collection published in 1845. This volume features diverse dramatic monologues and lyric poems exploring themes of love, loyalty, art, and mortality across European settings. From urgent rides through Flemish landscapes to confessions in Italian churches, Browning's speakers reveal complex human emotions and moral dilemmas. The collection includes now-famous works like "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church" and "Meeting at
Night," showcasing the poet's mastery of character and atmosphere through vivid, psychologically rich verse. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 |
|---|---|
| Title | Dramatic Romances |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_Romances_and_Lyrics |
| Contents | Introduction -- Incident of the French Camp -- The Patriot -- My Last Duchess -- Count Gismond -- The Boy and the Angel -- Instans Tyrannus -- Mesmerism -- The Glove -- Time's Revenges -- The Italian in England -- The Englishman in Italy -- In a Gondola -- Waring -- The Twins -- A Light Woman -- The Last Ride Together -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's Story -- The Flight of the Duchess -- A Grammarian's Funeral -- The Heretic's Tragedy -- Holy-Cross Day -- Protus -- The Statue and the Bust -- Porphyria's Lover -- "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". |
| Credits | Produced by Richard Adicks, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4253 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 1, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1101 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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