The Complete Poetry (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 22 Collections of Poetry by the author of the well-known poems My Last Duchess, Porphyria's Lover, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Christmas-Eve, Easter-DayBy Robert Browning
Length72h 51m
About this audiobook
The Complete Poetry gathers the full range of Robert Browning's verse, from early experimental works to the great dramatic monologues that secured his place in Victorian literature. Restless, intellectual, and psychologically acute, Browning's poetry turns inward upon motive, conscience, faith, ambition, and artistic creation. Poems such as "My Last Duchess," "Andrea del Sarto," and "Fra Lippo Lippi" reveal his mastery of voice: speakers disclose themselves not through confession but through evasion, rhetoric, and self-deception. In the context of nineteenth-century poetry, Browning stands beside Tennyson yet moves in a darker, more fragmented, and modern direction. Browning (1812–1889) was shaped by wide reading, religious questioning, European travel, and a lifelong fascination with history, painting, music, and Renaissance Italy. His marriage to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and their years in Italy, deepened his engagement with artistic freedom and moral complexity. His erudition and dramatic imagination enabled him to transform obscure figures, historical episodes, and invented voices into searching studies of the human mind. This volume is essential for readers seeking the breadth of Browning's achievement. It rewards patience, rereading, and attention to tone, offering a demanding but exhilarating encounter with one of English poetry's most original intelligences.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length72 hrs 51 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Poetry (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Introduction:
7Robert Browning by G.K. Chesterton
8Chapter I
9Chapter II
10Chapter III
11Chapter IV
12Chapter V
13Chapter VI
14Chapter VII
15Chapter VIII
16Collections of Poetry:
17Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession
18Sordello
19Dedication
20Sordello Book the First
21Sordello Book the Second
22Sordello Book the Third
23Sordello Book the Fourth
24Sordello Book the Fifth
25Sordello Book the Sixth
26Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics
27Cavalier Tunes I. Marching Along
28Cavalier Tunes II. Give a Rouse
29Cavalier Tunes III. Boot and Saddle
30My Last Duchess
31Count Gismond
32Incident of the French Camp
33Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
34In a Gondola
35Artemis Prologuizes
36Waring
37Warning II
38Rudel to the Lady of Tripoli
39Cristina
40Johannes Agricola in Meditation I. — Madhouse Cell
41Johannes Agricola in Meditation II. — Madhouse Cell
42Through the Metidja to Abd-El-Kadr
43The Pied Piper of Hamelin
44Bells and Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances and Lyrics
45How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix
46Pictor Ignotus
47The Italian in England
48The Englishman in Italy
49The Lost Leader
50The Lost Mistress
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