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Robert Browning
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English poet and playwright (1812–1889)
Robert Browning was a major English poet and playwright of the Victorian era, best known for developing the dramatic monologue—a poetic form in which a single character speaks to an imaginary listener, revealing their personality and motivations. His innovative approach to poetry and theatrical works made him one of the most influential literary figures of the nineteenth century.
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- Born
- 7 May 1812
- Died
- 12 Dec 1889
- Works
- 1327
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- dramaturge
- Educated at
- University College London
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- The Ring and the Book
- Image
- Robert Browning (1865 photogravure by Julia Margaret Cameron).jpg
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- place of burial
- Poets' Corner
- Commons category
- Robert Browning
- date of death
- 1889-12-12
- date of birth
- 1812-05-07
- topic's main category
- Category:Robert Browning
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Browning
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons gallery
- Robert Browning
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- Robert Browning
- ethnic group
- English people
- P12749
- Jan Ullrich
- inscription
- Robert Browning Signature.svg
- described at URL
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Robert Browning, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
His early long poems Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835) were acclaimed, but his reputation dwindled for a time – his 1840 poem Sordello was seen as wilfully obscure – and took over a decade to recover, by which time he had moved from Shelleyan forms to a more personal style. In 1846, he married fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett and moved to Italy. By her death in 1861, he had published the collection Men and Women (1855). His Dramatis Personae (1864) and book-length epic poem The Ring and the Book (1868–1869) made him a leading poet. By his death in 1889, he was seen as a sage and philosopher-poet who had fed into Victorian social and political discourse. Societies for studying his work survived in Britain and the US into the 20th century.
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