Robert Browning's Asolando: The Indian Summer of a Poet

by Richard S. Kennedy

Richard Kennedy asserts that Asolando, published the day Browning died, was a fitting cap to this great poet's career and, indeed, is a more outstanding achievement than several of his earlier works. This volume breaks new ground in Browning studies by fusing biography and critical commentary to provide the fullest single account of this poet's last years and his last volume of poems.

168 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Bobbi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A brief biography of Browning's last years in Asolo, Italy, and a review of his poetry written there and published on the day of his death, this book was pretty dry and the romantic poetry exemplary of its time and genre. The best part of reading this was remembering being loaned a copy by Andrew Berkley, an elderly solicitor from London, in Asolo, Italy.