The Complete Works of Robert Browning, Volume VII: With Variant Readings and Annotations

by Robert Browning, Roma A. King Jr.

Overview

The first complete edition of the works of Robert Browning with variant readings and annotations contains: 1. The entire contents of the first editions of Browning's work; 2. All prefaces and dedications which Browning wrote for his own works and for those of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and others; 3. The two prose essays: The Essay on Chatterton and The Essay on Shelley; 4. The front matter and tables of contents of each of the collected editions (1849, 1863, 1865, 1868, 1888-1889) which Browning himself saw through the press; 5 Poems by Browning published during his lifetime but not collected by him; 9. Poems not published during Browning's lifetime which have come to light since his death; 7. John Forster's Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford to which Browning contributed significantly, though to what precise extent has not been determined.

The edition provides a full apparatus, including variant readings and annotations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780821402306
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	01/11/1985
Series:	Complete Works Robert Browning , #7
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	16.00(w) x 24.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Roma A. King, Jr. was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University.

Editorial Reviews

The present volume, the 13th in a projected 17-volume collection, contains The Inn Album (1875), a dramatic narrative involving seduction and murder, and Of Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper with Other Poems (1876), Browning's fiercely humorous attack on his critics. The texts are based on the revised edition of 1889, and offer a complete account of manuscript revisions and variant readings, with editorial notes discussing the composition, sources, and contemporary reception of each work. Includes b&w illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews