罗伯特布朗宁

TheBrowningsElizabethBarrett1806-1861RobertBrowning罗伯特·布朗宁(1812-1889)•Life•Works•SummaryLife•1812wasborninawell-to-dofamily•At12begantowritepoetry•1833publishedPauline《柏林》•1841publishedPippaPasses《皮帕走过》•1846gotmarriedwithElizabethBarrett,thenwenttoItaly•1889diedWorks•Pauline1833《波林》hisfirstlongpoemundertheinfluenceofShelly•Paracelsus1835《帕拉塞尔萨斯》hissecondpoem•Strafford1837《斯特拉福》•Sordello1840《索尔戴洛》wascriticizedbecauseofobscure•PippaPasses1841《皮帕走过》adramaticpoem•BellsandPomegranatesseries1841-1846《铃铛与石榴》诗集•DramaticLyrics1842《戏剧抒情诗》•DramaticRomancesandLyrics1845《戏剧罗曼斯》•ManandWomen1855《男男女女》•DramaticPersonae1864《戏剧人物》•TheRingandtheBook1868-1869《指环与书》hismasterpieceMyLastDuchess《已故的公爵夫人》TheLostMistress《失去的恋人》HomeThoughts—fromAbroad《海外乡愁》ThePiedPiperofHamelin《哈梅林的魔笛手》HisfamouspoemsTheRingandtheBookFigures:•CountGuido(圭迪伯爵):awickednobleman•Pompilia(蓬皮丽娅):aninnocentgirl•Priest（牧师）TheRingandtheBookstory:CountGuidomarriedPompiliaforthepurposeofgettingherwealth.Buthesoonfoundthatshewasnotrich,beingonlyanadoptedchildofherparents.Guidodeterminedtogetridofher.Hetreatedhersobadlythatherlifebecameunbearable.Withthehelpofagoodpriest,Pompiliareturnedtoherfoster-parents.Guidokilledherunderthepretextthatshehadcommittedadulterywiththepriest.Thenthemurdererwasarrested,triedandcondemnedtodeath.TheRingandtheBookCharacters:•Apoeticaldramaof20,000lines.•Thesubjectmatteristakenfromasmallbookatsecond-handbookstall.•Tellingastory“fromtheinside,”byaseriesofpsychologicalsoliloquiesorsoul-pictures.MyLastDuchessThat'smylastDuchesspaintedonthewall,Lookingasifshewerealive.IcallThatpieceawonder,now:FràPandolf'shandsWorkedbusilyaday,andthereshestands.Will'tpleaseyousitandlookather?Isaid'FràPandolf'bydesign,forneverreadStrangerslikeyouthatpicturedcountenance,Thedepthandpassionofitsearnestglance,Buttomyselftheyturned(sincenoneputsbyThecurtainIhavedrawnforyou,butI)Andseemedastheywouldaskme,iftheydurst,Howsuchaglancecamethere;so,notthefirst墙上的这幅面是我的前公爵夫人，看起来就像她活着一样。如今，我称它为奇迹：潘道夫师的手笔经一日忙碌，从此她就在此站立。你愿坐下看看她吗？我有意提起潘道夫，因为外来的生客（例如你）凡是见了画中描绘的面容、那真挚的眼神的深邃和热情，没有一个不转向我（因为除我外再没有别人把画上的帘幕拉开），似乎想问我可是又不大敢问；是从哪儿来的——这样的眼神？你并非第一个人回头这样问我。Features:•Thepoemprovidesaclassicexampleofadramaticmonologue.•thespeakerisclearlydistinctfromthepoet.•anaudienceissuggestedbutneverappearsinthepoem.•therevelationoftheDuke'scharacteristhepoem'sprimaryaim.MyLastDuchessSummary•Englishpoet,notedforhismasteryofdramaticmonologue.•HisprincipalachievementliesinintroducingthedramaticmonologuetoEnglishpoetry.•Hehasbeencriticizedforhisobscurity.•Hehasbeenpraisedasa“gallant,courageousandhigh-heartedfigure,”well-knownforbuoyantoptimism.•Heisthepoetofhappy,healthyenergeticyouth.•HeandTennysonwerethetwomostimportantpoetsoftheVictorianPeriod.Adramaticmonologueisapoemwithaspeakerwhoisclearlyseparatefromthepoet,whospeakstoanimpliedaudiencethat,whilesilent,remainsclearlypresentinthescene.(Thisimpliedaudiencedistinguishesthedramaticmonologuefromthesoliloquy独白，自言自语--aformalsousedbyBrowning--inwhichthespeakerdoesnotaddressanyspecificlistener,rathermusingaloudtohimselforherself).•Thepurposeofthemonologue(orthesoliloquy)isnotsomuchtomakeastatementaboutitsdeclaredsubjectmatter,buttodevelopthecharacterofthespeaker.Eachcharacterinthepoemexposeshisorherinnermostthoughtsandemotionsthroughmonologuesonebyone●DramaticLyrics1842《戏剧抒情诗》●DramaticRomancesandLyrics1845《戏剧罗曼斯》●ManandWomen1855《男男女女》●DramaticPersonae1864《戏剧人物》●TheRingandtheBook1868-1869《指环与书》ElizabethBarrett•Life•WorksLife•1806wasborninarichfamily•at15becameahelplessinvalidbecauseofafallfromherhorse•at20publishedhersecondvolumeofpoems•1833movedtoLondonandmadefriendswithWordsworthandotherwriters•1845metBrowningandloveeachother•1846eloped(私奔),marriedandwenttoItaly•1861diedWorksTheCryofChildren《孩子们的哭声》:exposesthecriminalsystemofchild-labourSonnetsfromthePortuguese《葡萄牙十四行诗集》:expresswithgenuinenessawoman’slovePoemsBeforeCongress《大会前的诗歌》CasaGuidiWindows《卡萨·桂提之窗》writteninsupportoftheItalianpeople’sstruggleforindependence