History and the Prism of Art: Browning's Poetic Experiments

action argue attempt becomes beginning Bishop Blougram Book Browning's Browning's historical calls Carlyle Carlyle's character characterization circumstances Cleon comes complex connections context contextualist course creates critical culture death describes detail difficulties Essays example experience fact feel figure finally follow give historian historical human ideal imagination important individual ing's interest interpretation ironic irony Italy John judge judgment kind knowledge Lairesse language less Letters limited lines Lippi London lyric matter means metaphor mind monologues moral narrative narrator nature objective once particulars past pattern perspective play poems poet poet's poetic poetry political Pope possible present problem prose provides questions readers reading Ring Robert Browning says sense Shelley situation Sordello speak speaker speech stand story struggle Studies style subjective suggests things tion truth turn understanding University Press values Victorian vision writing York