{"product_id":"a-selection-of-poems-1835-1864-paperback-9781107663411","title":"A Selection of Poems; 1835–1864 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107663411","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Selection of Poems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1835–1864\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1911, this book contains 35 poems selected from Robert Browning's works of the years 1835 to 1864.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Browning (Author), W. T. Young (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107663411, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1911, and reprinted many times thereafter, this book contains 35 poems selected from Browning's works of the years 1835 to 1864, including some of his more famous pieces, such as 'Pippa Passes' and 'My Last Duchess'. Young introduces the volume with an essay on Browning's interaction with the literature and poetry of his era, and the notes at the end of the text explain some of the more difficult allusions in the poems. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Browning or Victorian poetry more generally.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Paracelsus. Heap cassia, sandal-buds, and stripes\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pippa passes. The year's at the spring\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Dramatic Lyrics: 3. Cavalier tunes\u003cbr\u003e 4. The lost leader\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Garden fancies\u003cbr\u003e 7. Soliloquy of the Spanish cloister\u003cbr\u003e 8. The lost mistress\u003cbr\u003e 9. Evelyn Hope\u003cbr\u003e 10. Home-thoughts, from abroad\u003cbr\u003e 11. Home-thoughts, from the sea\u003cbr\u003e 12. Saul\u003cbr\u003e 13. By the fire-side\u003cbr\u003e 14. The guardian angel\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Dramatic Romances: 15. Incident of the French camp\u003cbr\u003e 16. My last duchess\u003cbr\u003e 17. The last ride together\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Pied Piper of Hamelin: a child's story\u003cbr\u003e 19. A grammarian's funeral\u003cbr\u003e 20. Holy-cross day\u003cbr\u003e 21. The statue and the bust\u003cbr\u003e 22. 'Childe Roland to the dark tower came'\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Men and Women: 23. An epistle containing the strange medical experience of Karshish, the Arab physician\u003cbr\u003e 24. Fra Lippo Lippi\u003cbr\u003e 25. Andrea del Sarto (called 'the faultless painter')\u003cbr\u003e 26. The bishop orders his tomb at Saint Praxed's church\u003cbr\u003e 27. Bishop Blougram's apology\u003cbr\u003e 28. One word more\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Dramatis Personae: 29. Abt Vogler\u003cbr\u003e 30. Rabbi Ben Ezra\u003cbr\u003e 31. Caliban upon Setebos\u003cbr\u003e or, natural theology in the island\u003cbr\u003e 32. Confessions\u003cbr\u003e 33. Prospice\u003cbr\u003e 34. A face\u003cbr\u003e 35. The ring and the book. O lyric love, half-angel and half-bird\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297234637080,"sku":"9781107663411","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-selection-of-poems-1835-1864-paperback-9781107663411","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}