The dramatic monologue / Elisabeth A. Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Elisabeth A.

Series:

Studies in literary themes and genres ; no. 10.

Studies in literary themes and genres ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.

Dramatic monologues--History and criticism.

Dramatic monologues.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889--Criticism and interpretation.

Browning, Robert.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892--Criticism and interpretation.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.

Criticism and interpretation.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Criticism and interpretation.

Eliot, T. S.

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Criticism and interpretation.

Pound, Ezra.

Physical Description:

xix, 166 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International, [1996]

Summary:

In The Dramatic Monologue, Elisabeth A. Howe defines the characteristics of the subject as a genre, clearly differentiating it from the lyric poem. One feature she discusses is the double voice of the dramatic monologue - the reader hears simultaneously the voices of the poet and the speaker. This dialogical effect distinguishes the dramatic monologue both from lyric poetry and from narrative poems written in the first person. The use of a persona allows the poet to distance himself or herself from the poem. Howe investigates the origins of the dramatic monologue before examining poems by Browning and Tennyson, both masters of the form and both largely responsible for its popularity with late-nineteenth-century readers and poets. She offers close readings of Browning's "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church" and Tennyson's "Tithonus". Later chapters include detailed analyses of dramatic monologues by twentieth-century poets, including Ezra Pound's "Marvoil", T.S. Eliot's "Portrait of a Lady", and poems by Robert Frost, Randall Jarrell, and the contemporary poet Richard Howard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-160) and index.

ISBN:

080570969X

OCLC:

35029707