0:00 Intro - Browning a late Victorian poet, popular in his time and is a bridge to modern poetry; his background and education 1:02 famously husband to Elizabeth Barrett 2:05 who he appealed to 2:43 experimentation 3:11 dramatic monologue 3:24 "Pauline, a fragment", a review by John Stuart Mill 3:41 move into writing plays 4:38 turned back to poetry 5:03 "My Last Duchess" 5:25 "The Bishop Orders His Tomb" 5:42 "Soliloquy Of A Spanish Cloister" 6:15 "Porphyria's Lover" 7:39 interested in exploring different states of mind 8:07 Browning appealed to a modern sensibility 8:38 Browning's use of experimental sound and metre starting with "How They Brought The Good News" 10:43 "A Toccata of Galluppi's" 11:46 replicating spoken speech re "Soliloquy Of A Spanish Cloister" 14:02 "Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came" 16:55 "My Last Duchess"
I'm learning a bit about Browning because of Cain's Jawbone. I'm hoping it might help 🤯
0:00 Intro - Browning a late Victorian poet, popular in his time and is a bridge to modern poetry; his background and education
1:02 famously husband to Elizabeth Barrett
2:05 who he appealed to
2:43 experimentation
3:11 dramatic monologue
3:24 "Pauline, a fragment", a review by John Stuart Mill
3:41 move into writing plays
4:38 turned back to poetry
5:03 "My Last Duchess"
5:25 "The Bishop Orders His Tomb"
5:42 "Soliloquy Of A Spanish Cloister"
6:15 "Porphyria's Lover"
7:39 interested in exploring different states of mind
8:07 Browning appealed to a modern sensibility
8:38 Browning's use of experimental sound and metre starting with "How They Brought The Good News"
10:43 "A Toccata of Galluppi's"
11:46 replicating spoken speech re "Soliloquy Of A Spanish Cloister"
14:02 "Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came"
16:55 "My Last Duchess"