. Robert Browning . What, then, is this idiosyncratic insolence of Browning ? It is,I think, his perception of that grotesque element in existencewhich is the true basis of optimism. Brownings humour is basedon the cosmic incongruity which exists between the soul of man 6 ROBERT BROWNING and the external universe—that cosmic incongruity which is atthe root of laughter. He percei^es that existence is a vast comedyof relationships, and that the relations between mans soul andthe external universe are not fixed, but fluid and plastic, being. PIPPA PASSES From a j>ciiniing by Miss A. M. Skrhnpt
. Robert Browning . What, then, is this idiosyncratic insolence of Browning ? It is,I think, his perception of that grotesque element in existencewhich is the true basis of optimism. Brownings humour is basedon the cosmic incongruity which exists between the soul of man 6 ROBERT BROWNING and the external universe—that cosmic incongruity which is atthe root of laughter. He percei^es that existence is a vast comedyof relationships, and that the relations between mans soul andthe external universe are not fixed, but fluid and plastic, being. PIPPA PASSES From a j>ciiniing by Miss A. M. Skrhnpton (Reproduced by kind permission of the Artist)
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