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Robert Browning: The Poems
By (Author) John Blades
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Red Globe Press
5th October 2017
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
821.8
Paperback
247
Width 148mm, Height 210mm
372g
This stimulating study takes a fresh look at Browning's poetry and at some of the key themes that run through his work. Part I uses carefully selected extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Browning's life, contexts and a sample of criticism. Using some of Brownings most widely studied poems, this book will develop students close reading technique and help them to articulate their own responses to poetry. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for A Level and undergraduate English Literature students, or anyone studying Browning's poems for the first time.
John Blades has lectured in English Literature at the universities of Leeds and Durham. His publications include Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads (2004), also in the Analysing Texts series.