1st Edition

Dramatic Monologue (Routledge Revivals)

By Alan Sinfield Copyright 1977
98 Pages
by Routledge

98 Pages
by Routledge

98 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1977, this book looks at the versatile literary form of dramatic monologue. Although it is often associated with Browning and other poets writing between 1830 and 1930, the concept has been employed by diverse poets of multiple periods such as Ovid, Chaucer, Donne, Blake, Wordsworth, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes. In this study, Alan Sinfield demonstrates and analyses the range... Read more

Preface;  Acknowledgements;  1. Two Poems by Browning  2. A broader view  3. Manners of speaking  4. Super-monologues  5. Before the Victorians  6. The Victorians  7. ‘So I assumed a double part’  8. Conclusion;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Alan Sinfield