The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Vol. V

Creator

Date

1889

Identifier

Brasch PR4200 1889

Publisher

London: Smith

Abstract

Robert Browning specialised in dramatic verse. In dramatic monologues such as ‘My Last Duchess,’ Browning’s narrators reveal their situation and character, not so much by what they say directly, but by what they unintentionally give away about themselves. Browning leaves it to the reader of these psychological portraits to assess the narrator and the views he expresses. Browning’s dramatic monologues influenced many modernist writers, including Frost and Joyce, by the way he developed a stream-of-consciousness technique and emphasised the revelation of character.

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Citation

Robert Browning, “The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Vol. V,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/8489.