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Robert Browning was fascinated by people--not only people of his own day, but also people who had lived in the remote past. Five of his famous dramatic monologues are spoken by characters from the ancient Classical world: a Greek goddess (Artemis), a Roman senator (in ""Imperante Augusto Natus Est--""), an Arab physician (Karshish), a Greek poet (Cleon), and the last surviving eyewitness of Jesus Christ (in ""A Death in the Desert""). They probe many different questions, especially regarding the transition from paganism to Christianity. How did such a change happen? And how might it have struck contemporaries? As a supplement, the collection also includes ""Bishop Blougram's Apology"" (sometimes called the greatest of all Browning's monologues), which pursues many of the same issues down to his own day.

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Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Surrey, England. He was born into a Nonconformist family and was largely home educated. He began writing poetry in childhood and published his first volume in 1833. Many early readers found his poems difficult to understand, but he gradually became one of the most admired and loved authors of his time, and after he died, in Venice, Italy, he was buried in Westminster Abbey. He is particularly admired for his dramatic monologues spoken by fictional or historical characters. His wife was the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Evan and Marie Blackmore have worked as editors and translators of classic works of literature and philosophy, and have published audio recordings of many poems ranging in date from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Evan and Marie Blackmore have worked as editors and translators of classic works of literature and philosophy, and have published audio recordings of many poems ranging in date from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Marie and Evan Blackmore have worked as editors and translators of classic works of literature and philosophy, and have published audio recordings of many poems ranging in date from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

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