Robert Browning: The (The Collected : Victorian Poets)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
General Editor’s Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Preface......Page 19
 I APPRENTICESHIP AND OBSCURITY......Page 21
 II  MATURITY AND ACHIEVEMENT......Page 27
 III   THE PINNACLE OF FAME......Page 35
 IV  THE AFTERMATH......Page 42
 NOTES......Page 43
PAULINE......Page 49
 1. Unsigned notice, The Literary Gazette......Page 50
 2. Allan Cunningham, The Athenæum......Page 51
 3.  W.J.Fox, The Monthly Repository......Page 52
 4. From an unsigned review, The Atlas......Page 54
 5. From an unsigned notice, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 55
 6. William Maginn, Fraser’s Magazine......Page 56
PARACELSUS......Page 57
 7. Unsigned notice, The Athenæum......Page 58
 8. Unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 59
 9. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 60
 10. W.J.Fox, The Monthly Repository......Page 61
 11. Leigh Hunt, The London Journal......Page 62
 12. Unsigned notice, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 64
 13. John Forster, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal......Page 65
 14. J.Heraud, Fraser’s Magazine......Page 67
 15. An Early American View 1843......Page 68
STRAFFORD......Page 69
 16. From an unsigned review, The Morning Chronicle......Page 70
 17. From an unsigned review, The Sun......Page 71
 18. Unsigned review, The Times......Page 72
 19. Unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 73
 20. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 74
 21. From an unsigned review, John Bull......Page 75
 22. Thomas Lovell Beddoes, letter......Page 76
 23. From an unsigned review, La Belle Assemblée......Page 77
 24. From an unsigned review, The Metropolitan Magazine......Page 78
 25. Herman Merivale, The Edinburgh Review......Page 79
SORDELLO......Page 81
 26. Unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 82
 27.  From an unsigned review, The Atlas: A General Newspaper and Journal of Literature......Page 83
 28. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 85
 29. From an unsigned review, The Dublin Review......Page 87
 30. From an unsigned review, The Monthly Chronicle......Page 89
 31. Unsigned review, The Monthly Review......Page 90
 32. Unsigned review, The Metropolitan Magazine......Page 91
 33. Unsigned review, The New Monthly, Belle Assemblée......Page 92
 34. Richard Hengist Horne, ‘Robert Browning’s Poems’, The Church of England Quarterly......Page 93
PIPPA PASSES......Page 95
 35. Unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 96
 36. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 97
 37. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 99
 38. Thomas Carlyle, letter......Page 102
KING VICTOR AND KING CHARLES......Page 104
 39. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 105
 40. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 107
DRAMATIC LYRICS......Page 108
 41. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 109
 42. Unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 111
 43. From a verse-epistle by Arnould addressed to Browning......Page 113
THE RETURN OF THE DRUSES......Page 115
 44. Unsigned notice, The Spectator......Page 116
 45. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 117
 46. Richard Hengist Horne on Browning, A New Spirit of the Age......Page 119
A BLOT IN THE ‘SCUTCHEON......Page 120
 47. Charles Dickens, letter......Page 121
 48. From an unsigned review, The Times......Page 122
 49. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 123
 50. Unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 125
 51. Unsigned review, The Literary Gazette, and Journal of the Belles Lettres......Page 126
 52. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 128
 53. A Partial Survey......Page 130
COLOMBE’S BIRTHDAY......Page 131
 54. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 132
 55. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 133
DRAMATIC ROMANCES AND LYRICS......Page 134
 56. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 135
 57. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 137
 58. From an unsigned review, The Oxford and Cambridge Review and University Magazine......Page 138
 59. A Tribute from Walter Savage Landor......Page 139
 60. The Problem of Obscurity......Page 140
 61. A Neglected Poet......Page 141
LURIA; AND A SOUL’S TRAGEDY......Page 142
 62. Unsigned review, Douglas Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine......Page 143
BELLS AND POMEGRANATES......Page 145
 63. From an unsigned review, The Eclectic Review......Page 146
 64. ‘Past and Present Condition of British Poetry’......Page 147
 65. H. R Chorley, People’s Journal......Page 148
 66. H.F. Chorley, People’s Journal......Page 151
 67. George Henry Lewes, The British Quarterly Review......Page 153
 68. James Russell Lowell, North American Review......Page 157
 69. From an unsigned review, Sharpe’s London Magazine......Page 158
 70. From an unsigned review, The English Review......Page 160
 71. Culling Flowers From Marshes......Page 162
 72. Leigh Hunt on Browning......Page 163
ON THE RE-PRODUCTION OF A BLOT......Page 164
 73. Unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 165
 74. Unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 167
 75. Thomas Powell: An 1849 Survey......Page 168
 76. C.Edmunds, Eclectic Review......Page 172
CHRISTMAS-EVE AND EASTER-DAY......Page 173
 77. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 174
 78.  From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 176
 79. From an unsigned review, The Leader......Page 177
 80. W.M.Rossetti, The Germ......Page 178
 81. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 179
 82. From an unsigned review, The English Review......Page 180
 83. A Perverse Genius......Page 181
 84. Charles Kingsley on the defects of Browning......Page 183
 85. Browning’s Obscurity......Page 185
A PRODUCTION OF COLOMBE’S BIRTHDAY......Page 187
 86. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 188
 87. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 189
 88. Not a Member of a Poetic School......Page 190
MEN AND WOMEN......Page 192
 89. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 193
 90. Joseph [?] Arnould, The Saturday Review......Page 196
 91. D.G.Rossetti, letter,......Page 199
 92. John Forster, The Examiner......Page 200
 93. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 202
 94. G.Brimley-T. C. G, Fraser’s Magazine......Page 204
 95. George Eliot, The Westminster Review......Page 212
 96. David Masson, The British Quarterly Review......Page 216
 97. D.G.Rossetti, letter......Page 220
 98. Richard Simpson, The Rambler......Page 222
 99. From an unsigned review, Bentley’s Miscellany......Page 223
 100. Margaret Oliphant, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 225
 101. From an unsigned review, The Dublin University Magazine......Page 226
 102. T.McNicoll, London Quarterly Review......Page 228
 103. ‘The Editor’s Easy Chair’, Harper’s Magazine......Page 231
 104. William Morris, Oxford and Cambridge Magazine......Page 232
 105. John Ruskin, Modern Painters......Page 234
 106. Advice from a Master......Page 236
 107. A Mild Debate......Page 238
 108. Hawthorne’s Impression of Browning in 1858......Page 239
SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING......Page 240
 109. W.B.Donne, Saturday Review......Page 241
 110. From an unsigned article, ‘A Poet Without a Public’, Chamber’s Journal......Page 243
 111. Sir J.Skelton, Fraser’s Magazine......Page 245
 112. E.P.Hood, The Eclectic and Congregational Review......Page 247
 113. Sir F.T.Marzials, London Quarterly Review......Page 249
 114. Algernon Charles Swinburne, Browning’s Failure......Page 251
DRAMATIS PERSONAE......Page 255
 115. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 256
 116. A.C.Swinburne, letter,......Page 259
 117. Robert Bell, The St. James’s Magazine......Page 260
 118. E.P.Hood, The Eclectic and Congregational Review......Page 265
 119. From an unsigned review, The Victoria Magazine......Page 266
 120. William Stigand, The Edinburgh Review......Page 267
 121. From an unsigned review, The Dublin University Magazine......Page 296
 122. From an unsigned article, ‘Mr. Browning and the Edinburgh Review’, The Saturday Review......Page 298
 123. ‘Modern Poets’, The Times......Page 303
 124. Gerald Massey, The Quarterly Review......Page 305
 125. A Verse Critique of Sordello......Page 308
 126. Walter Bagehot: Browning and the Grotesque......Page 309
 127. Sordello Revisited......Page 311
 128. Solid or Merely Clever?......Page 312
 129. Samuel Smiles: Browning’s Dramatic Merit......Page 313
 130. J.H.Stirling Exhorts Browning......Page 315
THE RING AND THE BOOK......Page 318
 131. ‘Richelieu’, Vanity Fair......Page 319
 132. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 323
 133. R.W.Buchanan, The Athenæum......Page 328
 134. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 331
 135. Walter Bagehot, Tinsley’s Magazine......Page 335
 136. Mortimer Collins, The British Quarterly Review......Page 341
 137. Unsigned review, The Fortnightly Review......Page 342
 138. John Addington Symonds, Macmillan’s Magazine......Page 343
 139. From an unsigned review, The Westminster Review......Page 345
 140. Moncure D.Conway, Atlantic Monthly......Page 348
 141. Frederick Greenwood, ‘Browning in 1869’......Page 349
 142. R.W.Buchanan, The Athenæum......Page 353
 143. John Rickards Mozley, ‘Modern English Poets’......Page 358
 144. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 359
 145. John Doherty, The Dublin Review......Page 361
 146. From an unsigned review, Chamber’s Journal......Page 367
 147. J.H.C.Fane, The Edinburgh Review......Page 369
 148. H.B.Forman, ‘Browning’s Poetry’......Page 372
 149. Algernon Charles Swinburne, letter......Page 375
 150. Sidney Lanier, letter......Page 376
 151. A Negative View 1869......Page 377
 152. Deep, But Seldom Clear......Page 390
BALAUSTION’S ADVENTURE, INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT FROM EURIPIDES......Page 391
 153. Thomas Carlyle, diary entry......Page 392
 154. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 393
 155. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 395
 156. Matthew Browne, Contemporary Review......Page 396
 157. G.A.Simcox, The Academy......Page 397
 158. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 398
 159. From an unsigned review, The St. James’s Magazine......Page 399
 160. From an unsigned review, The Times......Page 400
 161. H.B.Forman, London Quarterly Review......Page 401
 162. Margaret Oliphant, The Edinburgh Review......Page 402
PRINCE HOHENSTIEL—SCHWANGAU, SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY......Page 405
 163. From an unsigned review, The Examiner......Page 406
 164. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 408
 165 G.A.Simcox, The Academy......Page 409
 166. Browning’s Portrayal of Character......Page 411
 167. C.S. Calverley, A Parody......Page 412
FIFINE AT THE FAIR......Page 413
 168. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 414
 169. From an unsigned review, The Westminster Review......Page 417
RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY......Page 419
 170. A Disagreeable Story......Page 420
 171. G.A.Simcox, from his review, The Academy......Page 421
 172. William Dean Howells, The Atlantic Monthly......Page 423
 173. Edith J.Simcox, Fortnightly Review......Page 424
 174. From an unsigned review, The British Quarterly Review......Page 426
 175. J.R.Dennett, Nation......Page 427
 176. Unsigned notice, Harper’s Magazine......Page 428
 177. Mrs. Sutherland Orr: Browning’s Casuistry......Page 429
 178. Browning’s Originality......Page 432
 179. Swinburne Defends Browning......Page 434
ARISTOPHANES’ APOLOGY......Page 440
 180. John Addington Symonds, Academy......Page 441
 181. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 442
 182. Margaret Oliphant, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 443
 183. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 446
THE INN ALBUM......Page 447
 184. John Addington Symonds, The Academy......Page 448
 185. Greater than The Ring and the Book......Page 449
 186. Bayard Taylor, New York Daily Tribune......Page 451
 187. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 453
 188. Robert Louis Stevenson, Vanity Fair......Page 455
 189. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 458
 190. From an unsigned review, The British Quarterly Review......Page 460
 191. Henry James, The Nation......Page 461
 192. Browning’s Affectations......Page 463
 193. William Michael Rossetti, Macmillan’s Magazine......Page 464
PACCHIAROTTO, AND HOW HE WORKED IN DISTEMPER......Page 465
 194. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 466
 195. Edward Dowden, The Academy......Page 467
 196. Mr. Browning and his Critics......Page 468
 197. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 472
 198. The Militant Transcendentalist......Page 474
 199. Browning’s Public in 1877......Page 477
THE AGAMEMNON OF ÆSCHYLUS......Page 480
 200. Carlyle: Browning as Translator......Page 481
 201. Frederick Apthorp Paley, The Athenæum......Page 482
 202. John Addington Symonds, The Academy......Page 489
 203. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 490
 204. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 491
 205. Torturing the English Tongue......Page 492
LA SAISIAZ AND THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC......Page 494
 206. Walter Theodore Watts, A Protest Against Scientific Materialism......Page 495
 207. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 500
DRAMATIC IDYLS......Page 504
 208. Mrs. Sutherland Orr, Contemporary Review......Page 505
 209. From an unsigned review, The Spectator......Page 506
 210. G.Allen, Fortnightly Review......Page 507
 211. From an unsigned article, ‘Three Small Books: By Great Writers’, Fraser’s Magazine......Page 510
 212. A Perverse Musician......Page 513
 213. From an unsigned review, The British Quarterly Review......Page 514
 214. Tennyson and Browning in 1880......Page 516
SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING......Page 520
 215. From an unsigned review, The British Quarterly Review......Page 521
 216. Gerard Manley Hopkins on Browning......Page 522
 217. An Address to the Browning Society......Page 523
 218. The Browning Society at Cambridge......Page 524
 219. The Imperial Genius......Page 525
JOCOSERIA......Page 527
 220. Richard Holt Hutton, The Spectator......Page 528
 221. Browning’s Originality......Page 531
 222. John Addington Symonds, The Academy......Page 533
 223. Browning and Carlyle Compared......Page 534
 224. George Parsons Lathrop, Atlantic Monthly......Page 535
 225. A Rebute to Officious Supporters......Page 537
FERISHTAH’S FANCIES......Page 539
 226. Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, A Poet Without Dignity......Page 540
 227. As Wilful as Ever......Page 542
 228. Browning and Shakespeare Compared......Page 544
A BLOT REVIVED......Page 546
 229. An unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 547
PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY......Page 548
 230. Richard Holt Hutton, The Spectator......Page 549
 231. From an unsigned review, The Athenæum......Page 551
 232. Margaret Oliphant, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 552
 233. An unsigned notice, The Westminster Review......Page 553
 234. Edward Dowden, Browning’s Poetry A Galvanic Battery......Page 554
 235. Edgar Fawcett, Adulation Rebuked......Page 556
 236. ‘The Easy Chair’ on Browning in 1888......Page 558
 237. Andrew Lang, His Magic and Art......Page 560
 238. R.H.Hutton, Browning and Tennyson Contrasted......Page 562
ASOLANDO: FANCIES AND FACTS......Page 564
 239. A Typical Obituary Notice......Page 565
 240 Joseph Jacobs, ‘Mr. Robert Browning’, Athenæum......Page 566
 241. From an unsigned review, The Saturday Review......Page 568
 242. Margaret Oliphant, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine......Page 570
 243. A Review of the Complete Works......Page 572
 244. Browning not Among the Supreme Poets......Page 576
 245. R.E.Prothero, General Characteristics......Page 577
 246. Oscar Wilde on Browning......Page 581
 247. Henry Reeve, Tennyson and Browning as Artists......Page 583
 248. Henry James, ‘Browning in Westminster Abbey’......Page 587
APPENDIX I:  A BROWNING CHRONOLOGY......Page 591
APPENDIX II:  THE SALES OF BROWNING S POEMS......Page 593
Select Bibliography......Page 595
 I INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS......Page 596
 II INDEX OF POEMS......Page 600
 III INDEX OF PERIODICALS......Page 603
 IV CHARACTERISTICS OF BROWNING AND ASPECTS OF HIS CAREER......Page 604