{"product_id":"robert-browning-richard-cronin-9780198797623","title":"Robert Browning: Selected Writings","description":"This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students and readers a comprehensive selection of the work of Robert Browning (1812-1889). Accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, this is the first one-volume fully annotated edition of Browning's poetry. It presents work written across the breadth of his career, from the very first poem he published, \u003cem\u003ePauline\u003c\/em\u003e, to \u003cem\u003eAsolando\u003c\/em\u003e, the volume that was published on the day that he died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe text chosen is, wherever possible, the text of the poem as it was first published by Browning himself, and as a consequence the volume also constitutes a kind of biography that enables students to understand Browning's development over the course of his life. The edition reveals a poet who began as a bold experimentalist, and who continued to experiment throughout a writing career of more than fifty years. Browning is best known for his dramatic monologues, and the dramatic monologues are fully represented in this volume, but he was also a narrative poet, a poet of philosophical reflection, and a poet who fashioned an extraordinary variety of lyric measures. This volume reveals Browning as a far more versatile poet than he is often taken to be. There are two important prose items, an essay on Shelley and a letter to Ruskin which clarify Browning's intellectual stance. The Notes include brief headnotes to each poem followed by detailed annotation, and they assist the reader in developing a full understanding of these masterful poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExplanatory notes and commentary are included, to enhance the study, understanding, and enjoyment of these works, and the edition includes an Introduction to the life and works of Browning, and a Chronology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Cronin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198797621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198797623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.70d","brand":"Richard Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128420888831,"sku":"9780198797623","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84e1471c-d779-4945-b2fc-8127f0e63ce3.jpg?v=1687458607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-browning-richard-cronin-9780198797623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}