Hair, Donald S. <br/><br/>
Robert Browning's Language. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (337 pages) 
 - Heritage Series .
 - Heritage Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts -- Introduction: 'Sense, sight and song' -- 1 'The world of words': Johnson, Locke, and Congregationalism -- 2 Parleying, Troping, and Fragmenting: Pauline, Paracelsus, and Sordello -- 3 'Why need I speak, if you can read my thought?': The Unacted Drama, 'My Last Duchess,' and ' "Childe Roland"' -- 4 'I kept time to the wondrous chime': Rhyme's Reason, 'Love among the Ruins,' The Inn Album, and 'Of Pacchiarotto' -- 5 'Adjust Real vision to right language': The Idealist Goal of Language, 'Parleying with Christopher Smart,' 'Abt Vogler,' and 'Saul' -- 6 'For how else know we save by worth of word?': The Ring and the Book -- 7 'One thing has many sides': Browning's 'transcripts,' Balaustion's Adventure and Aristophanes' Apology -- 8 'Do you say this, or I?': Browning's 'parleyings,' La Saisiaz, Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, and Fifine at the Fair -- Overview and Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y. 
<br/><br/> Attempts to define Browning's understanding of the nature and use of words and syntax by considering a full range of his texts, the ideas important to him, his historical context, and the other artistic passions that played a part in his life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442679412 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Browning, Robert,-1812-1889-Language.<br/>English language-19th century-Syntax.<br/>English language-19th century-Style.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR4244 .H357 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>821/.8