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Browning's Experiments with Genre

One of the chief characteristics of nineteenth-century poetics was a tendency to test the conventions and techniques of literary genres by shifting, modifying, and combining various styles and forms. Browning fully exploited these changes, because his interests and purposes as a poet seemed to demand more of the lyric, the dramatic, and the narrative than these kinds had traditionally been able to perform. His fascination was with the development of the individual soul and he was determined to evoke in his readers his own insights into the complexity of human concerns; thus he became a constant experimenter with genre. Browning never felt that any experiment, however unsatisfactory the result, was wasted effort; each direction tried made him better prepared to attempt another. This book explores the kinds and modes with which he worked and describes the nature of the experiments he made, concentrating on the earlier poetry and in particular on The Ring and the Book. Professor Hair is sensitive to Browning's work, and his criticism is a model of understanding, warm appreciation, and critical good sense.

Browning's Lyrics: An Exploration

Browning's lyrics are favourite choices for anthologies but are rarely examined closely. This is the first full-length study of the lyrics, and includes detailed analyses of such well-known poems as Love Among the Ruins, Two in the Campagna, A Serenade at the Villa, A Toccata of Galuppi's, By the Fireside, and James Lee's Wife. Eleanor Cook explores Browning's use of repeated images and themes in the lyrics, examines these patterns in other poems and in his letters, and analyses their growth and change in all his work. She demonstrates how the lyrics may be linked with Browning's other work and shows something of his essential artistic unity. His imaginary is found to be more consistent and complex than is usually assumed.Students of Browning will find this work stimulating and instructive, while lovers of Browning will read it with pure pleasure. The reader will return to many of the poems with a rciher sense of their continuing vitality. In an earlier form this study was awarded the first A.S.P. Woodhouse Prize by the University of Toronto.

Browning, Victorian Poetics and the Romantic Legacy: Challenging the Personal Voice (Ashgate Popular And Folk Music Ser.)

Taking an original approach to Robert Browning's poetics, Britta Martens focuses on a corpus of relatively neglected poems in Browning's own voice in which he reflects on his poetry, his self-conceptualization and his place in the poetic tradition. She analyzes his work in relation to Romanticism, Victorian reactions to the Romantic legacy, and wider nineteenth-century changes in poetic taste, to argue that in these poems, as in his more frequently studied dramatic monologues, Browning deploys varied dramatic methods of self-representation, often critically and ironically exposing the biases and limitations of the seemingly authoritative speaker 'Browning'. The poems thus become devices for Browning's detached evaluation of his own and of others' poetics, an evaluation never fully explicit but presented with elusive economy for the astute reader to interpret. The confrontation between the personal authorial voice and the dramatic voice in these poems provides revealing insights into the poet's highly self-conscious, conflicted and sustained engagement with the Romantic tradition and the diversely challenging reader expectations that he faces in a post-Romantic age. As the Victorian most rigorous in his rejection of Romantic self-expression, Browning is a key transitional figure between the sharply antagonistic periods of Romanticism and Modernism. He is also, as Martens persuasively demonstrates, a poet of complex contradictions and an illuminating case study for addressing the perennial issues of voice, authorial authority and self-reference.

Browning: Poems

Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are without parallel in the nineteenth century: celebrated poets, they became equally famous for their marriage. Still popular more than a century after their deaths, their poetry vividly reflects the unique nature of their relationship.This collection presents the Brownings' work in the context of their lives: the early years and their initial friendship, their courtship and marriage, the fifteen happy years they spent living in Italy until Elizabeth's death. Whether in short poems such as Elizabeth's "Hector in the Garden" and Robert's "Natural Magic," or in extracts from longer works such as Aurora Leigh and Pauline, the great themes they shared are all represented: love, marriage, illicit passion, England and Italy, childhood, religion, poetry, and nature. Elizabeth's famous Sonnets from the Portuguese, based on their love affair, is included in its entirety. The poems are augmented with a generous selection of the marvelous letters the Brownings wrote to each other.

Brownstone

De sleutel tot het lot van de wereld ontdekt een vernietigend geheim, dat sinds de dagen van Genesis goddelijk verborgen is, terwijl hij de moordenaar van zijn familie opzoekt, maar ontdekt dat een clandestiene organisatie van plan is de mensheid te hervormen op de hielen van vernietiging. Als Jack Elliot terugkeert naar New York City om respect te tonen aan zijn stervende oom, is het een race tegen de klok. Hij krijgt meer dan hij had verwacht als hij merkt dat hij niet in één, maar in twee moordzaken verankerd is, waarin hij de hoofdverdachte is. Wat Jack niet weet, is dat te midden van alle moord een organisatie die uit het begin der tijden is ontstaan, geduldig op hem heeft gewacht. Als ze hem vinden, wordt de wereld onmetelijk veranderd en zeker niet ten goede. Wat wil een organisatie zo oud als creatie met Jack Elliot? Bewijst Jack zijn onschuld? Lees het eerste boek in de spannende nieuwe serie, Brownstone, en ontdek de ware feiten die de wereld zullen choqueren! Brownstone is briljant uitgezet, snel en boordevol fascinerende, maar toch schokkende waarheden die vakkundig zijn verweven in het weefsel van deze verbazingwekkende debuutroman. Brownstone daagt de kernovertuigingen uit die ieder van ons heeft, diep van binnen, en bevraagt ​​het wezen van ons bestaan.

Brownstone Facade

In 1981 a middle-aged man comes upon a disturbing memoir penned by his late aunt concerning decades before

Brownstone: Un Giallo di Jack Elliot

Brownstone La chiave del destino del mondo scopre un segreto devastante, divinamente nascosto dai tempi della Genesi, mentre cerca l'assassino della sua famiglia, solo per scoprire che un'organizzazione clandestina progetta di rimodellare l'umanità sulla scia della distruzione. Quando Jack Elliot torna a New York City per rendere omaggio a suo zio morente, è una corsa contro il tempo. Ottiene più di quanto si aspettasse quando si ritrova invischiato non in uno, ma in due casi di omicidio in cui è il principale sospettato. Quello che Jack non sa è che in mezzo a tutti gli omicidi, un'organizzazione creata dall'inizio dei tempi lo sta pazientemente aspettando. Se lo trovano, il mondo sarà incommensurabilmente cambiato e certamente non in meglio. Cosa vuole da Jack Elliot un'organizzazione antica come la creazione? Riuscirà Jack a dimostrare la sua innocenza? Leggete il primo libro della nuova ed eccitante serie, Brownstone, e scoprite i veri fatti che sconvolgeranno il mondo!

Brownsville: Stories

At the Country's Edge, on the Mexican border, Brownsville, Texas, is a town like many others. It is a place where men and women work hard to create better lives for their families, where people sometimes bear grudges against their neighbors, where love blossoms only to fade, and where the one real certainty is that life holds surprises. In his sparkling debut, Oscar Casares creates a cast of unforgettable characters confronting everyday possibilities and contradictions: Diego, an eleven-year-old whose job at a fireworks stand teaches him a lesson in defiance; Bony, a young man whose discovery of a monkey's head on his lawn drives a wedge between him and his parents; Lola, whose stolen bowling ball offers an unlikely chance for change. The achievement of Brownsville lies in its remarkably honest portrayal of these lives -- the lives of people whose dreams and yearnings and regrets are at once unique and universal.

Browse: The World in Bookshops

A celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including Ali Smith, Michael Dirda, Elif Shafak and Daniel Kehlmann. A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic. In Browse, Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and place. These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell. Contributors include Alaa Al Aswany, Stefano Benni, Michael Dirda, Daniel Kehlmann, Andrey Kurkov, Yiyun Li, Pankaj Mishra, Dorthe Nors, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Elif Shafak, Ian Sansom, Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Saša Stanišic, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.A dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authors.

Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books

From Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life--the perfect companion for any lover of books. Michael Dirda has been hailed as "the best-read person in America" (The Paris Review) and "the best book critic in America" (The New York Observer). In addition to the Pulitzer Prize he was awarded for his reviews in The Washington Post, he picked up an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America for his most recent book, On Conan Doyle. Dirda's latest volume collects fifty of his witty and wide-ranging reflections on literary journalism, book collecting, and the writers he loves. Reaching from the classics to the post-moderns, his allusions dance from Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and M. F. K. Fisher to Marilynne Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson, and David Foster Wallace. Dirda's topics are equally diverse: literary pets, the lost art of cursive writing, book inscriptions, the pleasures of science fiction conventions, author photographs, novelists in old age, Oberlin College, a year in Marseille, writer's block, and much more, not to overlook a few rants about Washington life and American culture. As admirers of his earlier books will expect, there are annotated lists galore--of perfect book titles, great adventure novels, favorite words, essential books about books, and beloved children's classics, as well as a revealing peek at the titles Michael keeps on his own nightstand. Funny and erudite, occasionally poignant or angry, Browsings is a celebration of the reading life, a fan's notes, and the perfect gift for any booklover.

Browstone: A Jack Elliot Thriller (Jack Elliot Ser. #Vol. 1)

A chave para o destino do mundo descobre um segredo devastador, divinamente escondido desde os dias do Gênesis, enquanto ele procura pelo assassino de sua família, apenas para descobrir que uma organização clandestina planeja remodelar a humanidade na esteira de destruição. Quando Jack Elliot retorna para Nova Iorque para prestar seus respeitos ao seu tio que está morrendo, é uma corrida contra o tempo. Ele recebe mais do que ele barganhou quando se encontra entrincheirado em não um, mas dois casos de assassinato, onde ele é o principal suspeito. O que Jack não sabe é que, em meio a todos os assassinatos, uma organização criada desde o início dos tempos tem esperado pacientemente por ele. Se o encontrarem, o mundo passará por uma drástica mudança e certamente não será para melhor. O que uma organização tal antiga quanto a criação poderia querer com Jack Elliot? Jack consegue provar sua inocência? Leia o primeiro livro dessa excitante e nova série, Brownstone, e descubra os verdadeiros fatos que iram chocar o mundo!

Brrr! (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 1)

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Brrr!: A brrrilliantly funny story about dinosaurs, knitting and space

From the bestselling author of the OI FROG AND FRIENDS series comes a roaringly funny new picture book, jam-packed with dinosaurs . . . Brrr! The Ice Age is coming, the temperatures are dropping and the dinosaurs are frrreezing. Only one thing will keep them warm - woolly jumpers! But dinosaurs can't knit, can they? Find out what REALLY happened to the dinosaurs in an out-of-this-world adventure, featuring dinosaurs, knitting and a trip to outer space. Kes Gray's OI FROG AND FRIENDS series has sold over 1.5 million copies.

Bruce

Bruce McDonald's 'Hard Core Logo'

Consistently ranked as one of the best Canadian movies of all time, punk-rock mockumentary Hard Core Logo (1996) documents the last-ditch reunion tour of an aging rock band led by vocalist Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon). Well received by critics at the time of its release, the film continues to enjoy a devoted international cult following.This entertaining analysis of Hard Core Logo explores many of the film's key themes, including the responsibility of documentary filmmakers to their subjects, the development of close male relationships, and the relationship between art and commerce in Canada, especially for touring musicians. Paul McEwan examines Hard Core Logo in the context of other adaptations of Michael Turner's 1993 novel of the same name, as well as against other films from McDonald's celebrated career. Featuring interviews with McDonald himself and others involved in the film, Bruce McDonald's 'Hard Core Logo' provides an engaging look at one of Canada's most mythologized movies.

Bruce Trilogy

This trilogy tells the story of Robert the Bruce and how, tutored and encouraged by the heroic William Wallace, he determined to continue the fight for an independent Scotland, sustained by a passionate love for his land.

Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (Mother Bruce Ser.)

Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mother Bruce. Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn’t like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a scary story. But their campfire tale takes a turn when a ghostly visitor appears. Will Bruce get in the Halloween spirit? Or will the Halloween spirit get Bruce?

Bruce's Big Move (Mother Bruce Ser. #4)

“With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home”

Bruce's Story (Sweet Valley High Super Stars #2)

A Grand Prize ... The license plates on Bruce Patman's Porsche read 1BRUCE1, and that's exactly how he thinks of himself--as Number One. Handsome and arrogant, Bruce is used to getting everything he wants. Bruce's cousin Roger, who lives with the Patman family, is nothing like Bruce. The boys have only one thing in common--their grandfather, who is one of the richest men in California. A shrewd, hardworking businessman, Mr. Patman decides to set up a contest between Bruce and Roger. The winner will inherit the grandfather's entire estate. The war is on-and Bruce will do anything to win!

Bruch und Verwandlung: Studien zum Erzählwerk Aharon Appelfelds (Studien zu Literatur und Religion / Studies on Literature and Religion #9)

Die vorliegende Arbeit nimmt ihren Ausgangspunkt beim Erzählwerk des israelischen Schriftstellers Aharon Appelfeld (1932-2018), in dessen Zentrum die Figur des flüchtenden Überlebenden steht. Entgegen der bisherigen Tendenz, Appelfelds Romane autobiographisch und fast ausschließlich vor dem Hintergrund der Schoa zu lesen, wird das Werk in einer dreifachen Weise hinsichtlich Raum, Zeit und Erzählform perspektiviert. Das bedeutet zugleich, die Erzähltexte in einen erzähltheoretischen, biblischen und theologischen Kontext zu rücken, der helfen kann, einen tieferen Aufschluss über die Verwobenheit von Religion und Literatur zu geben, die in diesem Fall im Narrativ des Exodus kulminiert.

Bruciata Due Volte

Un segreto sepolto. Un fratello condannato. Una corsa contro il tempo per scoprire la verità… prima che sia troppo tardi. FINALISTA AL PREMIO RWA RITA VINCITORE DEL PREMIO DAPHNE DU MAURIER PER L'ECCELLENZA FINALISTA AL PREMIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCELTA DEI LETTORI Un uomo attende l'esecuzione per un omicidio che non ha commesso. . . Una donna torna in un luogo di scandalo e di morte per salvare suo fratello. . . I segreti che ribollono in una piccola città stanno per divampare in una fiammata di sospetti e punizioni mortali. ... Vent'anni fa, Lea e Ted Hardy tornarono a casa da scuola e trovarono i loro genitori morti, vittime di un omicidio-suicidio. Lea si lascia alle spalle la piccola città di Stonybrook e i ricordi dolorosi. Ma Ted non riesce a sfuggire al passato. Sposando la figlia viziata della famiglia più importante di Stonybrook, inizia una nuova vita... finché non scopre dei segreti che portano alla morte della moglie e delle figlie. E all'accusa di omicidio. Ora, condannato e in procinto di essere giustiziato, Ted ha perso le speranze. Poi Lea riceve lettere anonime che proclamano l'innocenza di Ted. Determinata a salvare suo fratello, deve tornare in una città che nutre un desiderio feroce di vedere Ted morire ... portando con sé segreti a lungo sepolti. Disperata, Lea si rivolge a Mick Conklin, un uomo da cui è profondamente attratta ma di cui non può fidarsi completamente. Ha bisogno di un alleato, ora più che mai. Perché la miccia è stata accesa e il fuoco della verità sta per far esplodere Stonybrook.

Bruggil's Bride

She came off the Androids, Inc., production line in September, 2241. She was five feet, seven inches tall, weighed 135 pounds, had flaxen hair and pale blue eyes. Her built-in batteries were guaranteed for ten years, her tapes were authentic Kirsten Flagstad, and her name was Isolde. Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier&’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl

Bruh Rabbit may indeed have met his match when he comes across a tar baby in the middle of the road. The baby's deaf, dumb and blind attitude infuriates the plucky trickster, just as Wolf planned! When Bruh Rabbit gets entangled in the tar baby's sticky embrace, has he finally been foiled by his long-time enemy? Certainly not, if Wolf falls for Bruh Rabbit's clever reverse-psychology and flings the wily rabbit into the briar patch.

Bruised

&“A searing portrait of self-discovery; soulful and captivating.&” —Kirkus Reviews Whip It meets We Are Okay in this vibrant coming-of-age story about a teen girl navigating first love, identity, and grief as she immerses herself in the colorful, brutal, beautiful world of roller derby—from the acclaimed author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens.To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn&’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. But the opportunities to bruise are countless, and Daya realizes that if she&’s going to keep her emotional pain at bay, she&’ll need all the opportunities she can get. The deeper Daya immerses herself into the world of roller derby, though, the more she realizes it&’s not the simple physical pain-fest she was hoping for. Her rough-and-tumble teammates and their fans push her limits in ways she never imagined, bringing Daya to big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.

Bruised

It's the last semester of vet school for David Livingston, and he's loving his job at a Thoroughbred farm. He loves the mares, he loves the foals, he loves the stallions, and, uh oh, he's starting to fall for the farm's charismatic owner, Marcus too. It's all very confusing for a guy who's never been interested in another man before.When Marcus takes a tumble from a horse, it's up to David to help him out, but it's almost too much for David to handle. Stitching up Marcus's wound is challenging enough, but can David control his feelings too? Find out who getsBruised.