Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in
A speaker addresses past thinkers and artists about why God allows evil, a woman's refusal to sacrifice her intended husband's honor for marriage, poetic inspiration, political manipulation, nude painting, and music's changing power. Apollo obtains an extension of Admetus's life conditional on another surrendering their own. In Mayence, Fust demonstrates his printing press to suspicious friends but acknowledges that it can spread falsehood as widely as truth.
By Robert Browning · Genre: Philosophical Poetry, Dramatic Poetry · 9 chapters · 45,025 words
First lines
In Memoriam J. Milsand, Obiit IV. September, MDCCCLXXXVI.
_Absens Absentem Auditque Videtque._
Genres
- Philosophical Poetry — Extended verse arguments examine evil's relation to moral learning, the limits of self-knowledge, and whether lasting truth survives changes in artistic expression.
- Dramatic Poetry — The opening gives Apollo and the Fates distinct speaking parts, while the closing stages Fust's confrontation with seven friends and his demonstration of printing.
Tags
divine justice · moral choice · poetic inspiration · political manipulation · nude painting · imagination · music · printing
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Browning
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Philosophical Poetry, Dramatic Poetry
- Length: 45,025 words
- Structure: 9 chapters, 496 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Contents
- Apollo and the Fates: a Prologue
- With Bernard De Mandeville
- With Daniel Bartoli
- With Christopher Smart
- With George Bubb Dodington
- With Francis Furini
- With Gerard De Lairesse
- With Charles Avison
- Fust and his Friends: an Epilogue