InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsBrowning, ‘In Three Days’ (1855)In ‘In Three Days’ (in Men and Women, 1855) the speaker looks forward to seeing his beloved again — in three days time, as per the title.Aug 61
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsRobert Browning, ‘Caliban Upon Setebos’ (1864)[Previously on this blog: ‘The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church. Rome 15 — ’ (1845), ‘Cleon’ (1855) ‘A Grammarian’s…Jun 23, 20232
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsRobert Browning, ‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ (1855)‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ is a long poem: over a thousand lines of blank verse, the longest piece in Men and Women by far. But its…May 30, 20234May 30, 20234
LarrylambertWhen You’re Old, “The Best Is Yet to Come” is a CrockRobert Browning got it wrong.Jul 4Jul 4
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsBrowning’s ‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’ (1855)[Note: I did my PhD on Robert Browning, and for the first decade or so of my academic career I used to teach a ‘Special Author’ third-year…May 26, 20231May 26, 20231
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsBrowning, ‘In Three Days’ (1855)In ‘In Three Days’ (in Men and Women, 1855) the speaker looks forward to seeing his beloved again — in three days time, as per the title.Aug 61
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsRobert Browning, ‘Caliban Upon Setebos’ (1864)[Previously on this blog: ‘The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church. Rome 15 — ’ (1845), ‘Cleon’ (1855) ‘A Grammarian’s…Jun 23, 20232
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsRobert Browning, ‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ (1855)‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ is a long poem: over a thousand lines of blank verse, the longest piece in Men and Women by far. But its…May 30, 20234
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsBrowning’s ‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’ (1855)[Note: I did my PhD on Robert Browning, and for the first decade or so of my academic career I used to teach a ‘Special Author’ third-year…May 26, 20231
Paul OhTo Be Loved, To LoveElizabeth Barrett, who was talented in literature to the extent of reading Homer’s works in Greek at the age of eight, suffered a spinal…Jun 3
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam RobertsRobert Browning, ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1845)What’s most immediately striking about ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ is how insistent it is; how urgent, how…Dec 9, 2023
Samantha BryantR is for Robert Browning: Dramatic MonologueAn alphabet of poets for National Poetry MonthApr 20
