Men And Women And Other Poems by Robert Browning

Poems of complexity and psychological insight In Men and Women Browning exhibits the flair, lyricism and idiosyncrasy which have captivated, enthralled and sometimes baffled his readers. In poems including ‘Fra Lippo Lippi’ and ‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’, Browning enters the personality and language of his characters, revelling in their unwitting self-revelation. Elsewhere Browning contemplates the relationships between love and the lyric, the poet and the painter, poetry and music. A selection of poems published before and after Men and Women is also included, among them the grimly wry ‘My Last Duchess’ and the unsettling ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes and chronology of Browning’s life and times”