. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. oem, TheRing a7id the Book. In themeantime his poetry had beengradually growing into public J|favor. Societies were formed /::Z ig,; for the study of his works, and g|honorary degrees were conferred |%upon him by the universities ofOxford and Cambridge. LikeTennyson he continued writingto the close, his last volume,Asolando, appearing in Londonon the day of his death. If Tennyson represents the fy^mr isfcrtytWH^I tpo
. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. oem, TheRing a7id the Book. In themeantime his poetry had beengradually growing into public J|favor. Societies were formed /::Z ig,; for the study of his works, and g|honorary degrees were conferred |%upon him by the universities ofOxford and Cambridge. LikeTennyson he continued writingto the close, his last volume,Asolando, appearing in Londonon the day of his death. If Tennyson represents the fy^mr isfcrtytWH^I tpoet of art, Browning stands for the poet of energy. In sheer bulk his work is greaterthan that of almost any other English poet. His master-piece, The Ring and the Book, is twice as long as ParadiseLost. He is among the most original of our poets; hedeveloped a new form of writing, the dramatic monologue,and achieved a style which is, fortunately, unique. Hehas been vigorously assailed, as vigorously defended, andwhile not the most read, is certainly the most discussedpoet of the Victorian age. His lack of popularity isdue to several things, the chief being that in form and. 96 THE VICTORIAN ERA style he is so unlike other poets that at first he is puz-zling. The dramatic monologue is the form he usually this there is a single speaker, but we are made awareof the presence of others. The poem My Last Duchess isa good example of his method. It begins abruptly; thespeaker is a Duke who is about to marry a second time ;
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