Volume II contains Browning’s play, Strafford: An Historical Tragedy (1837), and the long poem, Sordello (1840). Strafford was Browning’s first play, based on the tragic life of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The editors note that the play had only four performances, “undoubtedly due… to its esoteric subject and bad acting.” Sordello is a fictionalized version of the life of Sordello da Goito, a 13th century Italian troubadour. The poem itself was famously known for being “difficult.”
As always in this acclaimed series, a complete record of textual variants is provided, as well as extensive explanatory notes.
Volume II contains Browning’s play, Strafford: An Historical Tragedy (1837), and the long poem, Sordello (1840). Strafford was Browning’s first play, based on the tragic life of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The editors note that the play had only four performances, “undoubtedly due… to its esoteric subject and bad acting.” Sordello is a fictionalized version of the life of Sordello da Goito, a 13th century Italian troubadour. The poem itself was famously known for being “difficult.”
As always in this acclaimed series, a complete record of textual variants is provided, as well as extensive explanatory notes.
The Complete Works of Robert Browning, Volume II: With Variant Readings And Annotations
422
The Complete Works of Robert Browning, Volume II: With Variant Readings And Annotations
422Hardcover(1)
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780821400746 |
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| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Publication date: | 04/05/1971 |
| Series: | Complete Works Robert Browning , #2 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 422 |
| Product dimensions: | 17.00(w) x 25.00(h) x 1.40(d) |