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Robert Browning
This work explores the life and artistic development of the poet Robert Browning, delving into his early years, family background, significant relationships, and the evolution of his literary career.
"Robert Browning" by G. K. Chesterton is a biographical account. This work explores the life and artistic development of the poet Robert Browning, delving into his early years, family background, significant relationships, and the evolution of his literary career.
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In 1840 Sordello was published. Its reception by the great majority of readers, including some of the ablest men of the time, was a reception of a kind probably unknown in the rest of literary history, a reception that was neither praise nor blame. It was perhaps best expressed by Carlyle, who wrote to say that his wife had read Sordello with great interest, and wished to know whether Sordello was a man, or a city, or a book. Better known, of course, is the story of Tennyson, who said that the first line of the poem—
"Who will, may hear Sordello's story told,"
"Who would, has heard Sordello's story told,"
were the only two lines in the poem that he understood, and they were lies.
Contents
- 01Chapter I
- 02Browning in Early Life
- 03Chapter II
- 04Early Works
- 05Chapter III
- 06Browning and His Marriage
- 07Chapter IV
- 08Browning in Italy
- 09Chapter V
- 10Browning in Later Life
- 11Chapter VI
- 12Browning as a Literary Artist
- 13Chapter VII
- 14The Ring and the Book
- 15Chapter VIII
- 16The Philosophy of Browning
- 17Index
- 18English Men of Letters.
- 19English Men of Action Series.
- 20Twelve Englishmen Statesmen.
About this edition
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 186 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers