Cover of Robert Browning, the Ring and the Book (English Poets)

Book 1986

Robert Browning, the Ring and the Book (English Poets)

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Published
1986
  • Poetry & poets
  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Franceschini, Guido
  • Franceschini, Pompilia
  • Poetry
  • English

Browning's dramatic poem The Ring and the Book narrates the trial of a Roman for the death of his wife and her parents. He suspected his wife of having an affair with a cleric. The man appeals his sentence, though unsuccessfully. The poem is narrated by many different voices, each adding their version of events to the whole in a series of monologues.