The Major Works - Robert Browning (Owc) *2009

*Previously published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series, this is the most comprehensive selection of Browning's poems and prose available, and the only selection of Browning's poetry to include his courtship correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett.
*Includes the complete texts of many of Browning's longer poems, and three entire books from his epic masterpiece The Ring and the Book
*Over 80 shorter poems are included, among them Browning's best loved and most famous dramatic monologues.
*Includes Browning's only significant piece of critical writing (the 'Essay on Shelley')
*Edited by Adam Roberts, a contributing editor to The Oxford Poetical Works of Robert Browning, and introduced by Daniel Karlin, who has edited other selections of Browning's works and The Courtship Correspondence for Oxford.
*Updated Further Reading list.

This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Browning's poetry and prose chosen from the whole range of his career to
give the essence of his work and thinking.

Browning's work ranges from the beguiling magic of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' to the epic book-length poem The Ring and the Book. This comprehensive selection includes over eighty of his shorter poems, amongst them his most famous and best-loved
dramatic monologues, as well as the complete text of many of his longer poems (Pauline, Pippa Passes, 'Bishop Blougram's Apology'). It contains three books from The Ring and the Book and Browning's only significant piece of critical writing (the 'Essay
on Shelley'). This edition also selects generously from the love letters between Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, as well as from Browning's more general correspondence - letters which cast a unique light upon the poems themselves, and poetry in general.