tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7596567455574668281..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Visiting the Paris Morgue with Robert BrowningAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-18014774868238486922012-02-29T11:16:37.007-06:002012-02-29T11:16:37.007-06:00Good idea, Doug. Tomorrow I will say something. &...Good idea, Doug. Tomorrow I will say something. "Mr Sludge" is outstanding. Browning uses its length well - the poem seemed trivial to me at first, but then went in all sorts of fruitful directions.<br /><br />A cousin to "Caliban Upon Setebos," come to think of it, another natural theology.<br /><br />"'Childe Roland'" is stunning. Awesome in the older sense of the word (and in the newer). If you only read one Browning poem, read that one. It is actually a crushing counter-example to whatever attempt at an argument I made today about Browning's obscurity.<br /><br />And if you read two, "My Last Duchess," for cultural capital if nothing else. If three: I don't know.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54782115103938022472012-02-29T10:16:35.036-06:002012-02-29T10:16:35.036-06:00I just finished teaching Therese Raquin (look at m...I just finished teaching Therese Raquin (look at my scientific experiment! Nothing up my left sleeve, nothing up my right...), so this makes a nice antidote. I haven't read much Browning, apart from Childe Roland, oddly enough.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83667117993611186572012-02-28T22:29:27.996-06:002012-02-28T22:29:27.996-06:00"Dramatis Personae" is a favorite of min..."Dramatis Personae" is a favorite of mine. For me, "Mr. Sludge" is one of the sleepers; I'll be curious to see if you have any thoughts on it...Doug Skinnerhttp://www.dougskinner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44168436870123709102012-02-28T14:57:01.087-06:002012-02-28T14:57:01.087-06:00I am thinking of writing something about Browning&...I am thinking of writing something about Browning's obscurity, but that is a great example of a line where the multiple meanings of "religiously" are perfectly clear, the image is sharp; nothing obscure. The vaguely nauseated people whose "cheeks were chalked" works similarly.<br /><br />Such a poet!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38720966142859382382012-02-28T11:28:26.671-06:002012-02-28T11:28:26.671-06:00"Religiously was hung its hat."
That..."Religiously was hung its hat."<br /><br />That's a poet.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com