Browning and the Dramatic MonologueCurry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
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Browning and the Dramatic Monologue
Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dramatic monologues -- History and criticism
Interpretation of monologue difficult, 139
necessary, 133
unites three languages, 135
must be dramatic, 138-142
_Italian in England, The_, 152
Jerrold, Douglas, situation in his monologues, 75
on Sordello, 1
Mrs. Caudle and the Umbrella, 139
its spirit, 141-143
John Anderson, my Jo, =BURNS=, 62
=KIPLING=, dramatic spirit in, 127-129
Mandalay lyric or monologue, 128-129
dialect of results from dramatic spirit, 228
_Lady Clara Vere de Vere_, =TENNYSON=, 50
Language, threefold, 135-138
La Saisiaz, situation of, 78
_Last Ride Together_, 205
Letters and monologues compared, 17-18
LITERARY FORM, A NEW, 1-12
not invented, 100
monologue, as a, 100-113
monologue, a true, 124, 259-264
LITERATURE, THE MONOLOGUE AS A FORM OF, 100-113
implies unprinted elements, 133-134
suggests life, 135-136
_Lost Leader, The_, 212
_Lost Mistress, The_, 106
Lyric, nature of, 14
compared with monologue, 14-15
Macbeth, story of, compared to monologue, 105-107
_Memorabilia_, 160
illustrates vocal expression of monologue, 161-162
Mental actions modulate voice, 147-172
_Mermaid, At the_, passage from, 73-74
METRE AND THE MONOLOGUE, 195-222
mistakes regarding, 195
appreciation of, 196
part of vocal expression, 196-197
meaning of, 196, 204-205
relation to length of line, 198-199
in Woman's Last Word and In a Year, 201
study of, 213
_Mistress, The Lost_, 106
Mitchell, D. G., on letters, 17
Modulations of voice, 147-172
Monologue contrasted with the play, 105-109
"Invention" of Browning, 2
One end of conversation, 7
study of, centres in, 10
speaker in, 12-30, 41-43
dramatic, 32
person spoken of, in, 54-55
compared with soliloquy, 55-61
situation in, 64-78
connection, 78-86
argument of, 86-94
as literary form, 100-113
compared with play, 105-109
before Browning, 113
common in English poetry, 113-132
common in modern literature, 127-132
needs delivery, 133-146
vocal expression of, 147-172
rhythm of thinking in, 148
action in, 172-195
metre in, 195-222
dialect in, 222-229
use of properties, 231-240
faults in rendering, 241-246
IMPORTANCE OF, 248-264
Movement illustrated by High Tide, 168-171
Mrs. Jim, a series of monologues, 130
_Muleykeh_, 272
Chesterton on, 125
as a monologue, 125-126
_My Last Duchess_, 96
illustrates elements of monologue, 96-99
Natural languages, function of, 134-137
_Nothin' to Say_, Riley, 46
Obscurity, chief cause of Browning's, 81
_Old Boggs' Slarnt_, Day, 188
_One Way of Love_, 150
Oratory and acting compared, 13, 179-181
Jefferson on, 179-180
Palgrave on Sally in our Alley, 120-122
_Patriot, The_, 3
Pause, Importance of, 149
Personal element in art, Chesterton on, 86
found in all conversation and expression, 81-88
_Pheidippides_, 281
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