Robert Browning

By Charles Harold Herford

Book Overview

Robert Browning by C. H. Herford is a biography of the famous English poet, Robert Browning. The book covers Browning's life from his childhood to his death, including his relationships with his family, friends, and fellow writers. Herford provides a detailed analysis of Browning's poetry, examining the themes, style, and structure of his work. The book also explores Browning's personal beliefs and political views, as well as his influence on the Victorian literary scene. Overall, Robert Browning is a comprehensive and insightful study of one of England's greatest poets.1905. A biography of Robert Browning who is known to the general public as the writer of The Pied Piper, the hero of the play, The Barretts of Wimpole Street and as the husband of the celebrated poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Herford writes in the Preface: Browning is confessedly a difficult poet, and his difficulty is by no means all of the kind which opposes unmistakable impediments to the reader's path...this book may perhaps be described as an attempt to work out, in the detail of Browning's life and poetry, from a more definitely literary standpoint and without Hegelian prepossessions, a view of his genius not unlike that set forth with so much eloquence and penetration, in his well-known volume, by Professor Henry Jones. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1417944668
• ISBN13: 9781417944668
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"