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The thematic focus of Robert Browning’s poetic work (1812–1889) addresses universal questions about humanity’s relationship with God, art, nature, and love.[1] During an era when longstanding certainties were being challenged by advances in science (geology, Darwinism) and philosophy (scientism, positivism), Browning was often regarded as a philosopher or prophet at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.[2]
However, Browning himself saw himself as a poet,[3][2] a view later validated by posterity, as he is now recognized alongside Tennyson and Matthew Arnold as one of the three great English poets of the Victorian era.[4]
Recurring themes are revisited across Browning’s collections, particularly in major works such as Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, Men and Women (considered the masterpiece of his middle years by Margaret Drabble),[5] Dramatis Personae, and The Ring and the Book. To explore these themes, Browning employed the technique of the dramatic monologue, where a speaker addresses a silent but active listener.[6] This technique reveals a situation, often in a state of crisis, and exposes conflicts among one or more protagonists, leading to resolutions that are frequently dramatic or tragic.[7]
Browning entrusted the exploration of his themes to characters who expressed themselves in their voices. Therefore, each character became a mask through which the poet explored different facets of reality.[8] Browning’s aim, as he stated, was to uncover “truth, refracted through its prismatic hues.”[9]
- ^ Mayoux 1981, pp. 199–220
- ^ a b Tholoniat 2009, p. 325
- ^ Irvine, William; Honan, Park (1974). The Book, the Ring and the Poet. New York: MsGraw-Hill. pp. 500–501.
- ^ Kasdano, Michelle. "Poetry analysis: Comparing Robert Browning and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Works". helium.com. Comparing Robert Browning and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Works by Michelle Kasdano. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ Drabble 1985, p. 139
- ^ Tholoniat 2009, pp. 82–84
- ^ Sanders 1996, p. 434
- ^ Kvapil, Charline R. (1966). How it Strikes a Contemporary, a Dramatric Monologue. West Virginia University Press. p. 279.
- ^ Browning, Robert. Correspondence. Vol. X. p. 22.
[I] make men and women speak - give you truth. broken into prismatic hues and fear the pure white light, even if it is in me
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