Mathew ARNOLD

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 541.

Browning- DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

Hopkins

Arnold Swinburne

Ch. Swinburne

G. Meredith

M. Arnold

R. Browning

A. Tennyson

2^nd generation:

- no manifestos of new sensibility

- no big breakthrough when comparing with romantic poetry

- no exaltation, pathos of the romantic poetry

- desires of romantic poets but the public that don't expect poetry

- poets didn't want to be prophets, didn't want to read prophecies

ANOTHER DIVISION OF POETS BY INFLUENCE

J. KEATS P.B.SHELLEY

Tennyson (said to be imitative) Browning- dramatic monologue

Rossetti(romantic born too much late) T. Hardy

belongs to none of these groups, born much too early- spiritually belongs to 20^th century

Browning- almost destroyed by critics

- growing conflict between poets (who wants to be prophet, to write) and public (that don't want vision, they like stories that will make them relaxed)

Browning

born in Romanticism (end) but adjust (firstly wrote rather romantic poetry)

Tennyson

· interaction between 2 characters, one of which is silence

· little poems, not great poetry

· psychological, shows little things

Browning's style:

- was a happy man, had wife = love

- love poems- man is to blame

- complainer, deeply pessimistic

- worries constantly- about God, man, contemporary world, revolution, etc.

- “conflict is unavoidable”, “the public don't want us, they'll ignore us”

- suicidal decision as far as public is concerned- he wrote for himself (“forget about the public- they'll ignore you anyway; write for yourself”)

· poet is no longer authority; is only a poet from now on, is marginalized

· poetry is private activity, to be read at home

SWINBURNE- sometimes he was lost in words