Robert Browning:The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VII. The Ring and the Book, Books
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The Nile on eBay The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VII. The Ring and the Book, Books I-IV by Robert Browning, Stefan Hawlin, T.A.J. Burnett This is an edition of the first third of Browning's 21,000-line masterpiece The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a `monstrous magnificence'. The editors throw new light on how the poet wrote this Italian murder story and give all the background annotation needed to understand it. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Henry James described Browning's extended dramatic poem The Ring and the Book, over 20,000 lines in length, as `a great living thing', `a proportioned monstrous magnificence'. The story was developed from some old legal documents discovered by Browning concerning an actual murder which took place in Rome in 1698, and its writing was his major preoccupation in the 1860s, the early years of his widowerhood in London. This volume gives us the first third ofthe poems, Books I to IV. The Introduction draws on unpublished letters, journals, and working papers not examined by previous editors, to illuminate how the poem was conceived and researched, the range of peoplethe poet consulted, and the five-year period of composition. The poem's complex publishing history is disentangled in the Text part of the Introduction, including a discussion of the corrections and revisions Browning made on sheets from volumes I, III, and IV of the second edition, which he later forgot and which never appeared in print. Appendix E gives these important variants in full. The annotation presents new contextual matter, including unpublished letters relating to `Lyric Love',Browning's famous invocation to his dead wife. The appendices give the original Italian text of Browning's second source, `Morte dell'Uxoricida Guido Franceschini Decapitato'; two previously unpublishedautograph chronologies in which the poet worked out historical details of his story; and a new account of the biographical significance of the `Ring' image. The editors have made six substantive emendations to the text, ranging from inaccuracies in the original typesetting to changes made by Browning after publication. The evolution of the text from manuscript to copy text is also discussed, and an appendix is devoted to a set of corrected proofs preserved at Yale, atextual evolutionary dead end of great interest and significance. Author Biography Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. The strongest influence on his education were the books in his father's extensive library, particularly the writings of Byron and Shelley. His dramatic poem "Paracelsus," published in 1835, established his reputation and brought him the friendship of the actor-manager William Macready. When Macready's eldest son Willie was ill in bed, Browning wrote for the boy's entertainment the poem of The Pied Piper, a story he remembered from his own childhood. After its appearance in print in 1842, it b Table of Contents IntroductionReferences and AbbreviationsIntroduction to Book IBook I: The Ring and the BookIntroduction to Book IIBook II: Half-RomeIntroduction to Book IIIBook III: The Other Half-RomeIntroduction to Book IVBook IV: Tertium QuidAppendix A. The Old Yellow BookAppendix B. The secondary SourceAppendix C.Autograph ChronologiesAppendix D. The RingAppendix E. Yale VariantsAppendix F. Compositors Review `This is the best text for reading The Ring and the Book that I have come cross. The textual apparatus is there for those who need it, but it is typographically unobtrusive, and beneath it, at the foot of the page, are notes which elucidate and explain. ... Browning's great poem has always presented a challenge to readers. This edition, without ever being guilty of nanny-editing, guides the reader gently but firmly, and contains the scholarly apparatusnecessary for a full appreciation of Browning's achievement. The editors, and the general editor, deserve our gratitude.'J R Watson, ROES, Vol 50, no 200 (1999)`This gives the student of Browning insights into his poetry and into his poem which he will never have had before. He is also given valuable information regarding how the poem was published ... This edition fully meets the high standards set by the series hitherto.'Contemporary Review Dec 1998By far the most thorough critical edition of the poem to date, this volume includes an enjoyable introduction which offers a unique perspective on The Ring and the Book ... lavishly presented in the style that readers of these Oxford editions have come to expect. This collection is sure to become the standard upon which all critical studies of the poem will rely. Promotional The first of three books in the Browning edition containing his 21,000-line masterpiece The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a 'monstrous magnificence'. Long Description Henry James described Browning's extended dramatic poem The Ring and the Book, over 20,000 lines in length, as `a great living thing', `a proportioned monstrous magnificence'. The story was developed from some old legal documents discovered by Browning concerning an actual murder which took place in Rome in 1698, and its writing was his major preoccupation in the 1860s, the early years of his widowerhood in London. This volume gives us the first third ofthe poems, Books I to IV. The Introduction draws on unpublished letters, journals, and working papers not examined by previous editors, to illuminate how the poem was conceived and researched, the range of peoplethe poet consulted, and the five-year period of composition. The poem's complex publishing history is disentangled in the Text part of the Introduction, including a discussion of the corrections and revisions Browning made on sheets from volumes I, III, and IV of the second edition, which he later forgot and which never appeared in print. Appendix E gives these important variants in full. The annotation presents new contextual matter, including unpublished letters relating to `Lyric Love',Browning's famous invocation to his dead wife. The appendices give the original Italian text of Browning's second source, `Morte dell'Uxoricida Guido Franceschini Decapitato'; two previously unpublishedautograph chronologies in which the poet worked out historical details of his story; and a new account of the biographical significance of the `Ring' image. The editors have made six substantive emendations to the text, ranging from inaccuracies in the original typesetting to changes made by Browning after publication. The evolution of the text from manuscript to copy text is also discussed, and an appendix is devoted to a set of corrected proofs preserved at Yale, atextual evolutionary dead end of great interest and significance. Review Text `This is the best text for reading The Ring and the Book that I have come cross. The textual apparatus is there for those who need it, but it is typographically unobtrusive, and beneath it, at the foot of the page, are notes which elucidate and explain. ... Browning's great poem has always presented a challenge to readers. This edition, without ever being guilty of nanny-editing, guides the reader gently but firmly, and contains the scholarly apparatusnecessary for a full appreciation of Browning's achievement. The editors, and the general editor, deserve our gratitude.'J R Watson, ROES, Vol 50, no 200 (1999)`This gives the student of Browning insights into his poetry and into his poem which he will never have had before. He is also given valuable information regarding how the poem was published ... This edition fully meets the high standards set by the series hitherto.'Contemporary Review Dec 1998By far the most thorough critical edition of the poem to date, this volume includes an enjoyable introduction which offers a unique perspective on The Ring and the Book ... lavishly presented in the style that readers of these Oxford editions have come to expect. This collection is sure to become the standard upon which all critical studies of the poem will rely. Review Quote 'This is the best text for reading The Ring and the Book that I have come cross. The textual apparatus is there for those who need it, but it is typographically unobtrusive, and beneath it, at the foot of the page, are notes which elucidate and explain. ... Browning's great poem has alwayspresented a challenge to readers. This edition, without ever being guilty of nanny-editing, guides the reader gently but firmly, and contains the scholarly apparatus necessary for a full appreciation of Browning's achievement. The editors, and the general editor, deserve our gratitude.'J R Watson, ROES, Vol 50, no 200 (1999) Feature The first of three books in the Browning edition containing his 21,000-line masterpiece The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a 'monstrous magnificence'.The editors throw new light on how the Browning wrote this Italian murder story and give all the background annotation needed to understand it.More comprehensive and accurate than its parallel volume in the Ohio Browning edition (published 1985): the editors have examined unpublished letters, journals, and working papers not known to the Ohio editors, the annotation is fuller, and the OET editors have considered fully the Yale textual variants.The editors have made six substantive emendations to the text, ranging from inaccuracies in the original typesetting to changes made by Browning after publication. Details ISBN0198123566 Author T.A.J. Burnett Short Title POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWN Language English ISBN-10 0198123566 ISBN-13 9780198123569 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number VII Year 1998 Imprint Clarendon Pres, Oxford University Press<
