The book, the ring, & the poet; a biography of Robert Browning / William Irvine & Park Honan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irvine, William, 1906-1964.

Honan, Park, author.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Honan, Park.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.

Browning, Robert.

Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [1974]

Contents:

Childhood (1812-24)

To Shelley's school (1824-29)

Crisis and confussion (1829-33)

The promise of Paracelsus (1834-37)

Macready's boards(1837)

"Sordello" (1837 and 1833-40)

Mass attack on the theater (1837-44)

Impressionism

Friends (1842-45)

To a third-floor chamber (1844-45)

Chronicle of an invalid (1806-45)

"Not death, but love" (1845)

Into the light (1845-46)

Pisa in Florence (1846-47)

"O bella liberta, O bella!" (1847-49)

Sober questions (1849-51)

Paris: excursions and alarums (1851-52)

"Two souls, and not a third" (1852-55)

Publications (1855-58)

"The cycle is complete (1858-61)

Booths at the fair (1861-62)

A sunning hawk (1862 and 1860-65)

The muse in her strength (1865-69)

"Some faint show of bigamy" (1869-72)

Murder, natural death, and the Greeks (1872-80)

Lion and sage (1881-85)

"The summit attained" (1885-89).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Irvine, William, 1906-1964. Book, the ring, & the poet.

ISBN:

0070320454

9780070320451

OCLC:

516334