Selected Poems
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Selected Poems. Title: Selected Poems. Language: English. Number of Pages: 58. Weight: 0.17 lbs. Publication Date: 2013-10-31. Publisher: Windham Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Selected Poems ISBN13: 9781628452747 ISBN10: 1628452749 Author: Browning, Robert (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - Selected Poems By Robert Browning Contents My Starincident Of The French Camphome Thoughts From Abroadrabbi Ben Ezramemorabiliaabt Voglerthe Lost Leaderthe Boy And The Angelandrea Del Sartogood News From Ghentby The Firesidemy Last Duchess Introduction Robert Browning Was Born At Camberwell, A Suburb Of London, May 7, 1812 From His Earliest Years He Was Fond Of Writing Verses, And When Twelve Years Of Age Had Produced Poems Enough To Form A Volume His First Published Poem, Pauline, Appeared In 18333, But His Real Introduction To The Public Was Through Paracelsus, A Drama, Published In 1835 In 1837 The Tragedy Of Strafford Was Unsuccessfully Presented At Drury Lane Theater In 1840 The Epic Sordello Was Published, One Of His Most Characteristic And Most Difficult Works In 1841-1846 Appeared The Series Of Bells And Pomegranates, In Eight Shilling Parts, Containing Much Of His Finest Poetry, Including The Tragedy A Blot In The 'Scutcheon And The Graceful Dramatic Poem Pippa Passes In 1846 He Was Married To The Distinguished Poetess, Elizabeth Barrett, And Soon After Established His Home In Italy Christmas Eve And Easter Day Appeared In 1850, Followed By Two Volumes Of Short Poems, Men And Women, 1855, And Dramatis Personae, 1864 His Greatest Work, The Ring And Teh Book, Appeared In 1868-9, Closely Followed By Many Other Important Poems, Chief Of Which Are Fifine At The Fair, 1872; Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, 1873; Aristophanes' Apology And The Inn Album, 1875 Most Important Of His Latest Works Are Dramatic Idyls, 1879-80; Jocoseria, 1883; Ferishtah's Fancies, 1885; And Parleyings With Certain People Of Importance In Their Day, 1887 The First And Perhaps The Final Impression We Receive From The Works Of Robert Browning Is That Of A Great Nature, An Immense Personality The Poet In Him Is Made Up Of Many Men He Is Dramatist, Humorist, Lyrist, Painter, Musician, Philosopher, And Scholar, Each In Full Measure, And He Includes And Dominates Them All In Richness Of Nature, In Scope And Penetration Of Mind And Vision, In All The Potentialities Of Poetry, He Is Probably Second Among English Poets To Shakespeare Alone In Art, In The Power Of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windham Press Is Committed To Bringing The Lost Cultural Heritage Of Ages Past Into The 21St Century Through High-Quality Reproductions Of Original, Classic Printed Works At Affordable Prices This Book Has Been Carefully Crafted To Utilize The Original Images Of Antique Books Rather Than Error-Prone Ocr Text This Also Preserves The Work Of The Original Typesetters Of These Classics, Unknown Craftsmen Who Laid Out The Text, Often By Hand, Of Each And Every Page You Will Read Their Subtle Art Involving Judgment And Interaction With The Text Is In Many Ways Superior And More Human Than The Mechanical Methods Utilized Today, And Gave Each Book A Unique, Hand-Crafted Feel In Its Text That Connected The Reader Organically To The Art Of Bindery And Book-Making We Think These Benefits Are Worth The Occasional Imperfection Resulting From The Age Of These Books At The Time Of Scanning, And Their Vintage Feel Provides A Connection To The Past That Goes Beyond The Mere Words Of The Text Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Windham Press Publication Date: 2013-10-31 Weight: 0.17 lbs Dimensions: 0.12'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.51'' W Number of Pages: 58 Language: English
