  CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MAN II BROWNING'S THEORY OF POETRY III LIST OF POEMS ABT VOGLER ANDREA DEL SARTO APPARENT FAILURE BAD MERTOUN'S SONG FROM A BLOT IN THE 'SCUTCHEON JOHANNES AGRICOLA IN MEDITATION THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15 ANDREA DEL SARTO (CALLED "THE FAULTLESS PAINTER") AN EPISTLE CONTAINING THE STRANGE MEDICAL EXPERIENCE OF KARSHISH, THE ARAB PHYSICIAN "CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME" A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL SHORTLY AFTER THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN EUROPE UP AT A VILLA DOWN IN THE CITY (AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY) Title: Robert Browning: How To Know Him Author: William Lyon Phelps Edition: 10 Language: English Produced by C. Aldarondo, T. Vergon, R. Prince and the Distributed Proofreaders [Illustration: ROBERT BROWNING] ROBERT BROWNING: HOW TO KNOW HIMBy WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, M.A., PH.D. Lampton Professor of English WITH PORTRAITTO JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY WITH SINCERE AFFECTION AND RESPECTPREFACEIn this volume I have attempted to give an account of Browning's life and an estimation of his character: to set forth, with sufficient illustration from his poems, his theory of poetry, his aim and method: to make clear some of the leading ideas in his work: to show his fondness for paradox: to exhibit the nature and basis of his optimism. I have given in complete form over fifty of his poems, each one preceded by my interpretation of its meaning and significance. W. L. P.[Illistration: Seven Gables, Lake Huron] |
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