The Collected Poems of Robert Browning

by Robert Browning

This collection contains 78 classic poems of Robert Browning! It has been formatted for optimal viewing on the Kindle and is equipped with an active Table of Contents for smooth navigation! The collection includes the following A Fragment Of A Confession" A Poem In Twelve Books"How It Strikes A ContemporaryArtemis PrologizesAn Epistle Containing The Strange Medical Experience Of Karshish, The Arab PhysicianJohannes Agricola In MeditationPictor IgnotusFra Lippo LippiAndrea Del SartoThe Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed's ChurchBishop Blougram's ApologyCleonRudel To The Lady Of TripoliOne Word MoreChristmas EveEaster DayThe Pied Piper Of HamelinTrayIncident Of The French CampHervé RielPheidippidesMy StarEvelyn HopeLove Among The RuinsMisconceptionsNatural MagicApparitionsA WallConfessionsA Woman's Last WordA Pretty WomanYouth And ArtA TaleCavalier TunesHome-Thoughts, From The Sea°Summum BonumA FaceSongs From Pippa PassesThe Lost LeaderApparent FailureFears And ScruplesInstans TyrannusThe PatriotThe Boy And The AngelMemorabiliaProspiceEpilogue To "Asolando""De Gustibus—"The Italian In EnglandMy Last DuchessThe LaboratoryHome Thoughts, From AbroadUp At A Villa—Down In The CityA Toccata Of Galuppi'sAbt VoglerRabbi Ben EzraA Grammarian's FuneralAndrea Del SartoCaliban Upon Setebos;"Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came"°SaulOne Word MoreCount GismondMesmerismThe GloveTime's RevengesThe Englishman In ItalyIn A GondolaWaringThe TwinsA Light WomanThe Last Ride TogetherThe Flight Of The DuchessThe Heretic's TragedyHoly-Cross DayProtusThe Statue And The BustPorphyria's Lover

Genres: Poetry

590 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2011

About the author

Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

Browning began writing poetry at age 13. These poems were eventually collected, but were later destroyed by Browning himself. In 1833, Browning's "Pauline" was published and received a cool reception. Harold Bloom believes that John Stuart Mill's review of the poem pointed Browning in the direction of the dramatic monologue.

In 1845, Browning wrote a letter to the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, professing that he loved her poetry and her. In 1846, the couple eloped to Europe, eventually settling in Florence in 1847. They had a son Pen.

Upon Elizabeth Barrett Browning's death in 1861, Browning returned to London with his son. While in London, he published Dramatis Personae (1864) and The Ring and the Book (1869), both of which gained him critical priase and respect. His last book Asolando was published in 1889 when the poet was 77.

In 1889, Browning traveled to Italy to visit friends. He died in Venice on December 12 while visiting his sister.

Reviews

[beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Browning is a major favorite of mine. I love his prose and insights. Absolutely recommend.

[Allyson · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"