Sources

DeVane, William C., "The Virgin and the Dragon," in The Yale Review, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, September 1947, pp. 33-46.

Friedland, Louis S., "Ferrara and My Last Duchess," in Studies in Philology, Vol. 33, 1936, pp. 656-84.

Jerman, B. R., "Browning's Witless Duke," and Perrine, Laurence, "Browning's Shrewd Duke," in Publications of the Modern Language Association, Vol. 72, June 1957, pp. 488-93.

Langbaum, Robert, The Poetry of Experience: The Dramatic Monologue in Modern Literary Tradition, New York: Random House, 1963.

Langbaum, Robert, "The Dramatic Monologue: Sympathy versus Judgement," in The Poetry of Experience: The Dramatic Monologue in Modern Literary Tradition, Random House, 1957, pp. 75-108.

Raymond, William O., "Browning's Casuists," in Studies in Philology, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4, October 1940, pp. 641-66.

Ryals, Clyde de L., "Browning's Irony," in The Victorian Experience: The Poets, edited by Richard A. Levine, Ohio University Press, 1982, pp. 23-46.

For Further Study

Atlick, Richard D., Victorian People and Ideas, New York: Norton, 1973.
This book provides a thematic overview of Victorian culture and history, serving as a companion to the literature of the era.

McCarthy, Mary, The Stones of Florence, New York: Harvest Books, 1963.
McCarthy offers a vivid portrayal of the Renaissance through the lens of Florence, highlighting both its magnificence and its corruption.

Pater, Walter, The Renaissance, Chicago: Pandora Books, 1978.
As a Victorian, Pater brings Renaissance figures to life through his biographical sketches, reflecting both the Renaissance period and his nineteenth-century audience's skepticism toward its legacy.