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
Play, a monologue, 10-12
Poetry, Aristotle on, 128
dramatic, not invented, 100
epic, 122-123
PROPERTIES, 230-247
use of, in play and monologue, 230-231
significance of, 230-231
need of generalizing, 232
Irving, Sir Henry, scenery in unity, 233
consistency in, 235
use of scenery, 236-240
must not be literal, 237
when dramatic, 238-240
_Prospice_, 284
metre of, 209
_Psalm Ninetieth_, 253
a monologue, 253-255
_Rabbi Ben Ezra_, 36
Rendering of monologues, 236-237
RENDITION, NECESSITY OF, 133-147
Rhythm, first element in interpretation, 148
=RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB=, Hoosier monologue, 129-131
Knee-deep in June, a monologue, 45
situation in, 53
_Nothin' to Say_, 46
Ring and the Book, The, proves value of monologue, 26-29
extract from, on art, 40
_Sally in our Alley_, =CAREY=, 120
Sam Lawson, stories of, Mrs. Stowe, monologues, 16
illustrates nature of monologue, 248-252
_Saul_, 293
Shakespeare compared with Browning, 112
his soliloquies compared to monologues, 55-57
_Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis_, 288
SITUATION, PLACE AND, 64-78
dramatic, 64
monologue implies, 65
Up at a Villa--Down in the City, 65
in Browning, always definite, 71-72
changes in Grammarian's Funeral, 72
in Douglas Jerrold, 75
Andrea del Sarto (Poem, 265)
_Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister_, 58
soliloquy compared with monologue, 56-57
Shakespeare's, 55
difference between Browning and
Shakespeare, 57-61
SPEAKER, THE, in monologue, 12-30
speech and monologue compared, 101-102
=SUCKLING, SIR JOHN=, _Why so pale and wan_, 116
_Tale, A_, 163
=TENNYSON'S= _Lady Clara Vere de Vere_, 50
a monologue, 52
many monologues, 49
not master of, 53
TIME AND CONNECTION, 78-86
abrupt beginning, 79-80
tone-color explained, 157-160
_Tray_, 143
_Up at a Villa--Down in the City_, 65
_Vagabonds, The_, =TROWBRIDGE=, 190
Vocal Expression
nature of, 134
reveals processes of mind, 147-172
unprintable, 136
in play and monologue, 167-168
VOICE, ACTIONS OF MIND AND, 147-172
_Wanting is--What?_ 157
Whitman, dramatic element in his "O Captain," 120
_Why so pale and wan_, Suckling, 116
_Woman's Last Word, A_, 6
Words complemented by tone and action, 135
=WYATT, SIR THOMAS=, The Lover's Appeal, lyric in form of monologue, 114
_Youth and Art_, 21
metre of, 216
The University Press Cambridge, U. S. A.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Freytag, Technik des Dramas, chap. i, sec. 2, p. 16 (Leipzig, 1881).
Translation by Prof. H. B. Lathrop.
[2] To emphasize the nature and importance of poetic form (see pp. 211,
213), "Count Gismond" and "By the Fireside" are here printed as prose.
Find the length of line, the stanzas, and the metre, the meaning and
appropriateness of all these. How should they be paragraphed?
Transcriber's Notes:
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