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Browning was a revolutionary who broke away from conventional subjects and their conventional treatment to write about real men and women in a language not far removed from real speech. In 1828, at the age of 16, Browning enrolled at the University of London, but he soon left, anxious to read and learn at his own pace. The random nature of his education later surfaced in his writing, leading to criticism of his poems' obscurities. In 1833, Browning anonymously published his first major published work, Pauline, and in 1840 he published Sordello, which was widely regarded as a failure. He also tried his hand at drama, but his plays, including Strafford, which ran for five nights in 1837, and the Bells and Pomegranates series, were for the most part unsuccessful. Nevertheless, the techniques he developed through his dramatic monologues -- especially his use of diction, rhythm, and symbol -- are regarded as his most important contribution to poetry, influencing such major poets of the twentieth century as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Frost. After reading Elizabeth Barrett's Poems (1844) and corresponding with her for a few months, Browning met her in 1845. They were married in 1846, against the wishes of Barrett's father. The couple moved to Pisa and then Florence, where they continued to write. They had a son, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning, in 1849, the same year his Collected Poems was published. Elizabeth inspired Robert's collection of poems Men and Women (1855), which he dedicated to her. Now regarded as one of Browning's best works, the book was received with little notice at the time; its author was then primarily known as Elizabeth Barrett's husband. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861, and Robert and his son soon moved to London. Browning went on to publish Dramatis Personae (1863), and The Ring and the Book (1868). The latter, based on a seventeenth-century Italian murder trial, received wide critical acclaim, finally earning Browning respect. Robert Browning died on the same day that his final volume of verse, Asolando, was published, in 1889. Book jacket.
| ISBN-13 | 9780785813354 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0785813357 |
| Weight | 1.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 In |
| List Price | $9.99 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 224 pages |
| Publisher | Book Sales |
| Published On | 2001-05-01 |
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