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From: Victorian Poetry
Date: 20020922
Author:Gibson, Mary Ellis
This year's writing on Robert Browning might take as its motto "accents uncertain." The two books and various articles I discuss here focus on the uncertainties of literary reputation, on the complexities of Browning's meter and language, and on the difficulties of literary inheritance. The articles show a renewed interest in language and meter among readers of Browning as well as a continuing interest in Browning's role as a precursor of modernism.
The two longer studies published this year are books in series. Stefan Hawlin's admirable Complete Critical Guide to Robert ...
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