Complete Works of Robert Browning 7: With Variant Readings And Annotations (Complete Works Robert Browning) PDF
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THE COhfPIXTE WORKS FO RORERT ,GNINWORR VOLUME VII Portrait fo treboR gninworB by leumaS ,ecnerwaL .6681 ~DI-I‘ORIAL BOARD R 0 IM A A. K I N C;, 1 R OIHO IINIVERSITY PRESS AI-HENS, OIHO ISAYLOK I’NIVICRSI’I’Y ,OCAW ‘I‘EXAS 5891 srebmeM fo eht Editorial ffatS ohw evah assisted in eht noitaraperp fo emuloV VII: nhoJ Berkey Ashby Bland ,redworC Jr. nasuS 1worC leinahtaN traH CIopyright c!:’ 1985 fly Ohio yl~srcv~nTI sserP and Baylor Ilniversity Library of ssergnoC Catalog Card Number: 68-18389 ISRN 0-82 I4-0230-7 All rights devreser Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Page Number PREFACE vii TABLES xx ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vixx THE RING AND THE BOOK Book I. The Ring and the Book Book 11. Half-Rome 59 Book III. The Other Half-Rome 1 I.3 Book IV. Tertlum Quid 177 EDITORIAL NOTES “-. p) . This Page Intentionally Left Blank PREFACE 1 CONTENTS This noitide fo eht works fo treboR gninworB is dednetni ot eb .etelpmoc tI will comprise ta least neetruof semulov dna will :niatnoc .1 ehT eritne stnetnoc fo eht first snoitide fo Browning’s works, degnarra in rieht chronological redro fo .noitacilbup ehT( smeop dedulcni in citamarD Lyrics, citamarD secnamoR dna Lyrics, dna neM dna ,nemoW rof ,elpmaxe raeppa in eht redro fo rieht first noitacilbup rehtar naht in eht redro in which gninworB degnarraer meht rof retal ).noitacilbup .2 All secaferp dna snoitacided which gninworB is nwonk ot evah nettirw rof his nwo works dna rof esoht fo Elizabeth Barrett .gninworB .3 ehT owt esorp essays taht gninworB is nwonk ot evah :dehsilbup eht review fo a koob no Tasso, generally derrefer ot as eht “Essay no ”,notrettahC dna eht ecaferp rof a collection fo letters desoppus ot evah neeb nettirw by Percy Bysshe Shelley, generally derrefer ot as eht “Essay no Shelley.” .4 ehT tnorf rettam dna eht elbat fo stnetnoc fo hcae fo thecollect- de editions( ,868 1,,95468811,3681 )9881-8881 which gninworB himself was hguorht eht press. .5 smeoP dehsilbup gnirud Browning’s lifetime tub ton collected by .mih .6 smeoP ton dehsilbup gnirud Browning’s lifetime which evah emoc ot light since his .htaed .7 nhoJ Forster’s samohT .htrowtneW Earl fo ,droffurtS ot which gninworB detubirtnoc significantly, hguoht eht precise tnetxe fo his noitubirtnoc sah ton neeb ,denimreted .8 Variants gniraeppa in primary dna yradnoces materials as denifed in Section II .woleb .9 lautxeT adneme .snoit .01 lanoitamrofnI dna yrotanalpxe seton rof hcae .krow 11 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIALS Aside morf a lufdnah fo detcellocnu trohs works, all fo Browning’s works tub odnalosA )9881( tnew hguorht owt ro erom snoitide gnirud vii his .emitefil Except rof Pauline ,)3381( Strafjord ,)7381( dna Sordello ,)0481( all eht works dehsilbup erofeb 9481 erew revised dna detcerroc rof eht 9481 collection. droffartS dna Sordello erew revised dna detcerroc rof eht collection fo ,3681 as erew all eht rehto works in taht .noitide hguohT on rehtruf smeop erew dedda in eht collection fo ,5681 all eht works erew ecno niaga detcerroc dna revised. ehT 8681 collection dedda a revised Pauline dna sitamarD eanosreP )4681( ot eht rehto works, which erew sevlesmeht niaga revised dna .detcerroc ehT gnitnirp fo eht last noitide fo eht Poetical WorRs revo which gninworB exercised control nageb in ,8881 dna eht first thgie semulov era detad suht no rieht .segap-eltit semuloV 9 hguorht 61 fo this first impression era detad ,9881 dna ew evah detangised meht a9881 ot distinguish meht morf eht dnoces impression fo all 61 ,semulov which saw nugeb dna detelpmoc in .9881 emoS fo eht earlier semulov fo eht first impression sold tuo tsomla ,yletaidemmi dna in noitaraperp rof a dnoces impression, gninworB revised dna detcerroc eht first net semulov erofeb eh tfel rof Italy in etal ,tsuguA .9881 ehT dnoces impression, in which all sixteen semulov raeb eht etad 9881 no rieht ,segap-eltit consisted fo a revised dna detcerroc dnoces impression fo semulov ,01-l plus a dnoces impression fo semulov 1 l- 61 deretla by gninworB in eno .ecnatsni This impression ew mret 9881 ees( section III .)woleb Existing stpircsunam dna snoitide era classified as rehtie primary ro yradnoces .lairetam ehT primary materials include eht :gniwollof .1 ehT tpircsunam fo a work nehw such is nwonk ot exist. .2 foorP ,steehs nehw nwonk ot exist, taht niatnoc lairohtua corrections dna revisions. .3 ehT first dna tneuqesbus snoitide fo a work taht evreserp ecnedive fo Browning’s snoitnetni dna erew rednu his .lortnoc .4 ehT collected snoitide revo which gninworB exercised :lortnoc .smeoP-9481 owT .semuloV :nodnoL nampahC dna Hall. ehT--3681 Poetica Works. eerhT .semuloV :nodnoL nampahC dna Hall. ehT--5681 Poetical Works. eerhT .semuloV :nodnoL nampahC dna Hall. ehT--8681 PoeticaZ Works. Six .semuloV :nodnoL ,htimS Elder dna .ynapmoC deussieR in epytoerets impressions htiw varying title .segap ehT-9881-8881 Poetical Works. Sixteen .semuloV :nodnoL ,htimS Elder dna .ynapmoC Exists in suoremun epytoerets impres- sions, fo which owt era primary :lairetam ehT-a9881-8881 first impression, in which semulov l-8 era detad 888 1dna semulov -9 61 era detad .9881 ehT-9881 detcerroc dnoces impression fo semulov 1 - dna 01 a dnoces impression fo semulov 1 l-16 deretla by gninworB . . . Vlll only as detats in section III ;woleb all detad 9n8o81 eht title .segap .5 ehT corrections in Browning’s dnah in eht Dykes llebpmaC copy fo ,a9881-8881 dna eht tpircsunam list fo corrections ot taht impression in eht nworB University Library ees( section III .)woleb rehtO materials (including emos in eht s’teop )gnitirwdnah taht detceffa eht txet era .yradnoces Examples :era eht copy fo eht first noitide fo Pauline which sniatnoc snoitatonna by gninworB dna nhoJ trautS Mill; eht copies fo eht first noitide fo Paracelsus which niatnoc correc- tions in Browning’s ;dnah a very early tpircsunam fo A Blot in eht noehctucS‘ which gninworB detneserp ot William ,ydaercaM tub ton eht eno morf which eht first noitide saw ;detnirp lamrofni lists fo corrections taht gninworB dedulcni in letters ot ,sdneirf such as eht corrections ot neM dna nemoW eh tnes ot .D G. ;ittessoR Elizabeth Barrett’s snoitseggus rof revisions in A Soul’s ydegarT dna certain smeop in citamarD secnamoR dna Lyrics; dna eht noitide fo droffartS by Emily Hickey rof which gninworB edam .snoitseggus ehT txet dna variant sgnidaer fo this noitide derive morf collation fo primary materials as defined above. Secondary materials era occasion- ally discussed in eht seton dna semitemos play a trap nehw noitadneme is .deriuqer 111 COPY -TEXT ehT copy-text rof this noitide is Browning’s final :txet eht first net semulov fo 988 1dna eht last six semulov fo ,a9881-8881 as debircsed .evoba For this choice ew reffo eht gniwollof .noitanalpxe stpircsunaM desu as printer’s copy rof ytnewt fo Browning’s thirty- ruof koob publications era nwonk ot exist; srehto yam tey emoceb available. esehT ,stpircsunam ,ro in rieht ,ecnesba eht first snoitide fo eht works, thgim eb deredisnoc as eht tsom desirable .txet-ypoc dnA this dluow eb eht case rof na rohtua ohw exercised little control revo his txet retfa eht tpircsunam ro first noitide ,egats ro esohw txet clearly emaceb detpurroc in a succession fo ,snoitide oT evreserp eht noitnetni fo such na ,rohtua eno dluow evah ot esoohc na early txet dna dneme it as ecnedive dna tnemgduj .dednamed With ,gninworB ,revewoh eht noitautis is ,tnereffid dna ruo copy- txet choice results morf taht .ecnereffid tuohguorhT his life gninworB continually revised his .yrteop eH did erom naht correct printer’s errors dna clarify previously dednetni ;sgninaem his texts sevlesmeht deniamer fluid, subject ot suounitnoc .noitaretla As eht tpircsunam which eh dettimbus ot his publisher saw on tbuod ydaerla a tcudorp fo revision, so hcae tneuqesbus noitide rednu his control reflects eht results fo na gniogno process fo ,gnitaerc revising, dna correcting. fI ew erew ot ix
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