Project Gutenberg 2011-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 253 Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas) 1847 1921 Curry, Samuel Silas 08011091 Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Browning and the Dramatic Monologue" by S. S. Curry is a scholarly exploration of Robert Browning's innovative use of the dramatic monologue, written in the early 20th century. This work delves into Browning's unique poetic form which allows a single speaker to convey complex human experiences and emotions through a one-sided dialogue. The book argues that Browning's monologues illuminate psychological depth and character motivation, highlighting their significance in modern literary expression. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the premise that Browning's poetry was often misunderstood due to its unconventional structure. Curry recounts anecdotes about how Browning's work initially puzzled readers like Douglas Jerrold, illustrating the challenges posed by Browning’s poetic style that does not conform to traditional narrative forms. The text presents questions about why Browning's themes were not readily grasped, suggesting that the monologue form, which Browning utilized extensively, represented a departure from more familiar poetic forms and required attentive interpretation to fully appreciate its depth and meaning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation Dramatic monologues -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Poetry 659385 2025-06-14T16:26:48.529665 text/html 675574 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 224766 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 317187 2025-06-14T16:27:11.172101 application/epub+zip 326561 2025-06-14T16:26:57.023618 application/epub+zip 306770 2025-06-14T16:26:53.170627 application/epub+zip 578183 2025-06-14T16:27:17.695061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514642 2025-06-14T16:27:05.916057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489033 2022-09-16T12:46:57.021889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552442 2025-06-14T16:26:46.737667 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 552134 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208627 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 552130 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208535 2021-01-07T17:43:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20626 2025-06-14T16:27:17.867014 application/rdf+xml 12305 2025-06-14T16:26:53.830620 image/jpeg 2947 2025-06-14T16:26:53.505623 image/jpeg 310099 2025-06-14T16:26:48.581661 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia