Heretics · Character
Robert Browning
Victorian poet whose dramatic monologues are discussed.
minor
Also known as Browning
First appearance: heretics
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Mentioned in a hypothetical example about future folklorists disbelieving the elopement of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, illustrating the absurdity of scientific…
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With Mr. Whistler (rivalry): Whistler and Browning are compared as artists, with the narrator using their contrast to discuss aesthetic philosophy. In XI: Science and the Savages: Mentioned in a hypothetical example…
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- Artists and Satirists
- Protagonist
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