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Browning's poetry after this point most notably touches on religion and marital distress, two potent issues of his time period. This new style was appreciated, as Dramatis Personae sold enough copies for a second edition to be published, which was a first in Browning's career. However, though he gained respect, Browning didn't have much ...
Dramatis personae (Latin: 'persons of the drama') are the main characters in a dramatic work written in a list. [not verified in body] Such lists are commonly employed in various forms of theatre, and also on screen. [not verified in body] Typically, off-stage characters are not considered part of the dramatis personae.
Many of the original titles given by Browning to the poems in this collection, as with its predecessor Dramatic Lyrics, are different from the ones he later gave them in various editions of his collected works. Since this book was originally self-published in a very small edition, these poems really only came to prominence in the later ...
The poem is in blank verse and mainly uses iambic pentameter. [2] [3] The poem was inspired by Andrea del Sarto, originally named Andrea d'Agnolo, [4] a renaissance artist. The historical del Sarto was born in Florence, Italy on July 16, 1486 and died in Florence, Italy on September 29, 1530. [4] Del Sarto was the pupil of Piero di Cosimo.
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, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
Dramatic Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning, first published in 1842 [1] as the third volume in a series of self-published books entitled Bells and Pomegranates.
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The play's comic relief is supplied largely by the clown character Jaques; the Dramatis Personae of the 1633 quarto states that Jaques was "personated by the Poet." Rowley had a habit of composing comic roles for himself to play; he wrote and played the clown part of Bustopha in The Maid in the Mill , his late collaboration with Fletcher.