CONTENTS.

PAGE
PREFACE vii


PART I.

BROWNING'S LIFE AND WORK.

CHAP.

I. EARLY LIFE. _PARACELSUS_ 1

II. ENLARGING HORIZONS. _SORDELLO_ 24

III. MATURING METHODS. DRAMAS AND DRAMATIC LYRICS 37
Introduction.
I. Dramas. From _Strafford_ to _Pippa Passes_ 42
II. From the _Blot in the 'Scutcheon_ to _Luria_ 51
III. The early Dramatic Lyrics and Romances 65

IV. WEDDED LIFE IN ITALY. _MEN AND WOMEN_ 74
I. January 1845 to September 1846 74
II. Society and Friendships 84
III. Politics 88
IV. Poems of Nature 91
V. Poems of Art 96
VI. Poems of Religion 110
VII. Poems of Love 132