Browning and the Fictions of Identity |
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| Author:
| Slinn, E. Warwick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-389-20273-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1982 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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This book aims to explain what Browning meant by 'action in character.' Slinn sees Browning as a psychological dramatist using the poetic genre. His concern is with dramatic monologue, which almost invariably focuses on conflicts of identity. Browning's characters, according to Slinn, must walk a tightrope between the distracting lives of others which threaten to fragment the individual's experience on the one hand, and controlled solipsism on the other.
This book aims to explain what Browning meant by 'action in character.' Slinn sees Browning as a psychological dramatist using the poetic genre. His concern is with dramatic monologue, which almost invariably focuses on conflicts of identity. Browning's characters, according to Slinn, must walk a tightrope between the distracting lives of others which threaten to fragment the individual's experience on the one hand, and controlled solipsism on the other.