Robert Browning

English poet and playwright

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Born:May 7, 1812

Died:December 12, 1889

Age at death:77

Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Born in:London, United Kingdom

Buried in:United Kingdom

Languages:English

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Notable Work

The Ring and the Book

Books

My Last DuchessChilde Roland to the Dark Tower CameThe Ring and the BookPippa PassesMen and Women

Robert Browning

English poet and playwright

Biography

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax. His early long poems Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835) were acclaimed, but his reputation dwindled for a time – his 1840 poem Sordello was seen as wilfully obscure – and took over a decade to recover, by which time he had moved from Shelleyan forms to a more personal style. In 1846, he married fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett and moved to Italy. By her death in 1861, he had published the collection Men and Women (1855). His Dramatis Personae (1864) and book-length epic poem The Ring and the Book (1868–1869) made him a leading poet. By his death in 1889, he was seen as a sage and philosopher-poet who had fed into Victorian social and political discourse. Societies for studying his work survived in Britain and the US into the 20th century.

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Quotes

“So, Willy, let you and me be wipers Of scores out with all men — especially pipers! And, whether they pipe us from rats or from mice, If we've promised them aught, let us keep our promise!”

— The Pied Piper of Hamelin, line 300 (1842).

“Kiss me as if you made believe You were not sure, this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed It's petals up.”

— "In a Gondola", line 49 (1842).

“The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.”

— Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics: Count Gismond (1842), xiii

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Woodburytype portrait of Robert Browning

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Robert Browning – English poet and playwright (1812–1889)

Busts in Florence

Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van Robert Browning Objecttype: foto bladzijde Objectnummer: RP-F-2001-7-350-4 Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: fotograaf: Ernest Edwards (vermeld op object) Plaats vervaardiging: Londen Datering: ca. 1858 - in of voor 1868 Materiaal: papier Techniek: albuminedruk Afmetingen: foto: h 89 mm × b 66 mm Onderwerp Wat: portrait of a writerhistorical persons Wie: Robert Browning Verwerving en rechten Credit line: Aankoop met steun van de Mondriaan Stichting, het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, het VSBfonds, het Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds en het Egbert Kunstfonds Verwerving: aankoop 2001 Copyright: Publiek domein

plaques in Florence

Men of the Day No.116: Caricature of Mr R Browning. Caption reads: "Modern Poetry"

Casa guidi, busto di robert browning

Woodburytype portrait of Robert Browning

Robert Browning

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