Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose
dramatic monologues put him among the foremost
Victorian poets. His poems are noted for
irony,
characterization, dark humour,
social commentary, historical settings and challenging
vocabulary and
syntax. His career began well, but shrank for a time. The long poems
Pauline (1833) and
Paracelsus (1835) were acclaimed, but in 1840
Sordellowas seen as wilfully obscure. His renown took over a decade to return, by which time he had moved from
Shelleyan forms to a more personal style. In 1846 Browning married the older poet
Elizabeth Barrett and went to live in 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 British poet. He continued to write prolifically, but his reputation today rests mainly on his middle period. 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 formed in his lifetime and survived in Britain and the United States into the 20th century. - Bio via Wikipedia.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit
dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe