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1875 have identical format and pagination but contain variant
readings. Vol 1: Pauline; Paracelsus; Strafford. Vol 2: Sordello;
Pippa passes. Vol 3: King Victor and King Charles; Dramatic lyrics
[as 1863 Lyrics, with Soliloquy of the Spanish cloister as an independent
poem following Garden-fancies I–II]; The return of the
Druses. Vol 4: A blot in the ’scutcheon; Colombe’s birthday;
Dramatic romances [as 1863 Romances, with Johannes Agricola in
meditation removed to Men and women]. Vol 5: A soul’s tragedy;
Luria; Christmas-eve and Easter-day; Men and women [as 1863,
with Johannes Agricola in meditation incorporated between An
epistle and Pictor ignotus]. Vol 6: In a balcony; Dramatis personae.
reviews: Guardian 5 Aug 1868; Sat Rev 15 Aug 1868; [Wilkins, A.
S.] Free Churchman and Christian Spectator Oct 1868; [Hood, E.
P.] Eclectic & Congregational Rev Dec 1868; [Stirling, J. H.] North
Br Rev Dec 1868.
Poetical works. 4 vols Leipzig 1872 (vols 1–2), 1884 (vols 3–4).
Tauchnitz edn.
Poetic and dramatic works of Browning. Ed G. W. Cooke 6 vols
Boston 1887, 1888. Riverside edn. Further issues 1889 (enlarged),
1892, 1894 (enlarged). Vol 1: Pauline; Paracelsus; Strafford;
Sordello; Pippa passes; King Victor and King Charles. Vol 2:
Dramatic lyrics; The return of the Druses; A blot in the
’scutcheon; Colombe’s birthday; Dramatic romances; A soul’s
tragedy; Luria. Vol 3: The ring and the book. Vol 4: Christmaseve
and Easter-day; Men and women; In a balcony; Dramatis
personae; Balaustion’s adventure; Prince Hohenstiel-
Schwangau; Fifine at the fair. Vol 5: Red cotton night-cap
country; Aristophanes’ apology; The inn album; Pacchiarotto
and how he worked in distemper and other poems. Vol 6: The
Agamemnon of Aeschylus; La Saisiaz; The two poets of Croisic;
Dramatic idyls; Jocoseria; Ferishtah’s fancies; Parleyings with
certain people of importance in their day. Asolando added in
1889.
Poetical works. 16 vols 1888–9. The final collected edn supervised by
Browning. Vols 1–10 reissued as edn was being ptd with some
variant readings. Asolando added in 1894 as vol 17, with biographical
and historical notes by E. Berdoe. Vol 1: Pauline;
Sordello. Vol 2: Paracelsus; Strafford. Vol 3: Pippa passes; King
Victor and King Charles; The return of the Druses; A soul’s
tragedy. Vol 4: A blot in the ’scutcheon; Colombe’s birthday; Men
and women. Vol 5: Dramatic romances; Christmas-eve and
Easter-day. Vol 6: Dramatic lyrics; Luria. Vol 7: In a balcony;
Dramatis personae. Vol 8: The ring and the book [bks 1–4]. Vol 9:
The ring and the book [bks 5–8]. Vol 10: The ring and the book
[bks 9–12]. Vol 11: Balaustion’s adventure; Prince Hohenstiel-
Schwangau; Fifine at the fair. Vol 12: Red cotton night-cap
country; The inn album. Vol 13: Aristophanes’ apology; The
Agamemnon of Aeschylus. Vol 14: Pacchiarotto and how he
worked in distemper with other poems; La Saisiaz; The two poets
of Croisic. Vol 15: Dramatic idyls 1st ser; Dramatic idyls 2nd ser;
Jocoseria. Vol 16: Ferishtah’s fancies; Parleyings with certain
people of importance in their day. Vol 17 [added 1894]: Asolando;
Biographical and historical notes to the poems [by E. Berdoe].
Complete poetic and dramatic works. Boston 1895. Cambridge edn,
with apparatus by B. Cooke and H. E. S[cudder]. Includes some
previously uncollected poems.
Poetical works. Ed A. Birrell 2 vols 1896. Often rptd and sometimes
rev; issued until 1928 or later in both London and New York.
Complete works. Ed C. Porter and H. A. Clarke, preface by W. L.
Phelps, richly illus, 14 vols New York 1898. Florentine edn; sold
under many bindings and imprints bearing diverse names for 20
years.
Poetical works. 1904 etc. An edn begun by Grant Richards and continued
in WC, Oxford edn etc; as Poetical works complete from
1833 to 1868 and shorter poems thereafter, Oxford 1941.
Poems and plays. 2 vols 1906 (EL); vol 3 1911; vol 4 1940; ed J. Bryson
1954.
Works. Ed F. G. Kenyon 10 vols 1912. Centenary edn.
Complete poetical works, with additional poems first published in
1914. Ed A. Birrell and F. G. Kenyon 1915. Globe edn.
Complete works. Ed J. H. Finley 6 vols 1926.
The poems and plays. Ed S. Commins, New York 1934 (Mod Lib).
Complete works. Gen ed R. A. King jun, succeeded by J. W. Herring;
executive ed A. C. Dooley. Athens OH 1969– Ohio Univ Press edn.
Vol 1 1969: Pauline; Sonnet [‘Eyes, calm beside thee, (Lady could’st
thou know!)’]; Paracelsus. Vol 2 1970: Strafford; Sordello. Vol 3
1971: Pippa passes; King Victor and King Charles; essay on
Chatterton; Dramatic lyrics; The return of the Druses. Vol 4 1973:
A blot in the ’scutcheon; Colombe’s birthday; Dramatic romances
and lyrics; Luria. Vol 5 1981: A soul’s tragedy; Christmas-eve and
Easter-day; essay on Shelley; Men and women, vol 1. Vol 6: Men
and women, vol 2; Ben Karshook’s wisdom; Eurydice to Orpheus;
Dramatis personae; Deaf and dumb, reissued with corrections
1996. Vol 7 1986: The ring and the book, bks i–iv. Vol 8 1988: The
ring and the book, bks v–viii. Vol 9 1989: The ring and the book,
bks ix–xii. Vol 13 1995: The inn album; Pacchiarotto and how he
worked in distemper, with other poems. Forthcoming: vol 10
(Balaustion’s adventure; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau); vol 11
(Fifine at the fair; Red cotton night-cap country); vol 12
(Aristophanes’ apology); vol 14 (The Agamemnon of Aeschylus;
La Saisiaz; The two poets of Croisic); vol 15 (Dramatic idyls;
Dramatic idyls, second series; Jocoseria); vol 16 (Ferishtah’s
fancies; Parleyings with certain people of importance); vol 17
(Asolando; Lyrics pbd 1882–1889; unpbd and uncollected poems;
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford [by John Forster with
Browning’s help]; addenda; general index).
Poetical works 1833–1864. Ed I. Jack, Oxford 1970.
Stange, G. R. The poetical works of Robert Browning. Boston 1974.
Rev edn of 1895 Cambridge edn, excluding dramatic works.
Poetical works. Gen ed I. Jack, succeeded by M. Meredith 1981–
(Oxford Eng Texts). Vol 1 1981: Pauline; Paracelsus; uncollected
and unpbd poems to 1840. Vol 2 1981: Strafford; Sordello. Vol 3
1988: Pippa passes; King Victor and King Charles; Dramatic
lyrics; The return of the Druses; A blot in the ’scutcheon;
Colombe’s birthday. Vol 4 1991: Dramatic romances and lyrics;
Luria; A soul’s tragedy; Christmas-eve and Easter-day; Essay on
Shelley; Fugitives omitted from vol 1; trn of sonnet by
Giambattista Zappi [‘And who is he that, sculptured in huge
stone’]. Further vols projected of complete edn.
Poems. Ed J. Pettigrew and T. J. Collins 2 vols London and Yale 1981.
Vol 1: poems pbd in vol or collections by Browning to 1871 (Prince
Hohenstiel-Schwangau), including Pippa passes but excluding
other plays. Vol 2: remainder of pbd poems except The ring and
the book and trn of Agamemnon; uncollected and unpbd poems;
essay on Shelley. With The ring and the book, ed R. Altick.
Poems. Ed J. Woolford and D. R. Karlin 1991– (Longman Annotated
Eng Poets). Vol 1 (1826–40) and vol 2 (1841–6) 1991. Further vols
(with J. P. Phelan) projected of complete edn except plays written
for stage. Vol 2 includes Essay on Chatterton.
Smaller collections and selections
For further selections, see L. N. Broughton et al, Bibliography, Ithaca NY
1953. For Amer selections pbd during Browning’s lifetime, see L. Greer,
Browning and America, Chapel Hill NC 1952, appendix F.
Bells and pomegranates. 1846. Bound copies of eight numbers:
Pippa passes; King Victor and King Charles; Dramatic lyrics; The
return of the Druses; A blot in the ‘scutcheon; Colombe’s birthday;
Dramatic romances and lyrics; Luria and A soul’s tragedy. See
separate entries.
Selections from the poetical works of Browning. [Ed John Forster
and B. W. Procter, who are responsible for titles of extracts from
Robert Browning
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