Dramatis Personae (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Browning
- First Published: 1864
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Short fiction, Poetry
- Subjects: Wives, Immortality, Nineteenth century, Religion, England or English people, Death or dying, Preaching, Italy or Italians
Critical Evaluation:
When Robert Browning published Dramatis Personae he was beginning to gain a measure of general esteem in the eyes of the public and of the critics. The year before its publication a three-volume collection of his earlier works had sold moderately well. Dramatis Personae added considerably to his popularity, and a second edition was called for before the end of 1864. It is ironic that this volume, the first that can be said to have achieved popular success, contained the first clear signs of the decline of his poetic powers.
It was his...
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