Discussions of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book

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Religious Themes, Contexts, and Imagery

• “Other-Half Rome” and Priestly Fallibility
• The ring, the Castellanis, and mid-century archeological revival jewelry
• Matthew and Molinists in "Half Rome"
• The Pope Laments the Catholic Fall in Book X
• The Reliability of the Pope's Judgment
• Browning and the Law of the Bible
• Count Guido Tempted by the Biblical Serpent
• Guido's Appeal to Paganism

Poetry, Imagination, and Truth

• Browning's Fictitious Fact
• Interpretation in The Ring and the Book

Plot and Narrative Structure

• The Revelatory Power of the Death-Scene in Browning's The Ring and the Book

Characterization

• Characterization and Biblical Imagery
• Pompilia is the central figure among Browning's heroines
• Guido's Murderous Ideal Wife

Politics and Society

• Browning's social satire
• Browning's anti-social bias inseparable from his ideal of romantic love

Relation to Brownng's Other Poems

• Draws together themes of Browning's poems

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