I. General Statement 23 II. Catholic Hymns 23 III. Poetic Functions of the References to Music 24 IV. Lack of Modern Italian References 26 V. Conformity to Facts 27 VI. Source of Browning’s Knowledge 27 CHAPTER IV Italian Poetry in the Poems of Browning. I. General Statement 29 II. Predominance in Early Poems 29 III. Sordello 30 IV. The Imaginary Poets 30 V. The Italian as the Type of Failure 31 VI. Italian Men of Letters: Dante 32 VII. Other Real Writers 33 VIII. Browning’s Knowledge of Italian Literature 33 IX. Browning’s Interest in Italian Literature 34 CHAPTER V Italian Architecture in the Poems of Browning. I. General Statement 35 II. Source of Browning’s Knowledge 36 III. Importance of Architecture in the Poems 37 IV. Comparison with Other Writers 38 V. Architecture and Personality 39 CHAPTER VI Italian Painting in the Poems of Browning. I. General Statement 40 II. Extent of Browning’s Knowledge 40 III. Irregular Distribution of References 41 IV. Sources of the Poems 42 V. Poetic Functions of the References to Painting 44 VI. Conformity to History 47 CHAPTER VII General Comparisons: Browning and the Fine Arts of Italy. I. Poetic Function and Method 48 II. Amount of Material Used from Each of the Fine Arts 49 III. Personality and the Arts 52 IV. Browning as the Poet of Humanity 54 APPENDIX I. Poems Containing Reference to Italian Art 55 II. Tabulation of References to Individual Arts: Sculpture 56 Music 58 Poetry 60 Architecture 61 Painting 66 Index 75 CHAPTER I BROWNING’S GENERAL INTEREST IN ART.