Table of Contents

Introduction: Changing Perspectives in Browning Criticism
1. Romanticism: Browning and Shelley
2. Romanticism: Debt and Defiance
3. The Dramatic Monologue: Form and the Reader
4. The Dramatic Monologue: Causes and Context
5. Aesthetics: Realism and the Grotesque
6. Love and Gender Relations
7. Historical and Geographical Distancing
Conclusion: Browning at 200 and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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'As we would expect from such an outstanding scholar, Dr Martens has done a remarkable job in appraising some 180 years of literary responses to Browning. Elegantly organised and richly detailed, this clear and comprehensive guide provides an invaluable resource for the study of one of the most important of Victorian poets.' - John Blades, former lecturer at the University of Leeds and the University of Durham, UK

About the Author

Britta Martens is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, UK. She has published articles and essays on Browning’s poetry and is the author of Browning, Victorian Poetics and the Romantic Legacy: Challenging the Personal Voice (2011). She co-edited the Browning Bicentenary issue of Victorian Poetry (Winter 2012) and is the journal’s former annual reviewer of Browning scholarship.

Reviews

This book packs an impressive amount of helpful guidance into a small space. It offers brief introductions to publications, often very recent texts by up-to date young academics, which students may wish to consult.
*John Batchelor, Modern Language Review, Vol. 112 (4)*