Chapter I: Front Matter

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BROWNING AND THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

NATURE AND INTERPRETATION OF AN
OVERLOOKED FORM OF LITERATURE

S. S. CURRY, PH.D., LITT.D.
PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION

BOSTON
EXPRESSION COMPANY
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COPYRIGHT, 1908
BY S. S. CURRY

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

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Part I

THE MONOLOGUE AS A DRAMATIC FORM

I. A NEW LITERARY FORM 1

II. THE SPEAKER 12

III. THE HEARER 30

IV. PLACE OR SITUATION 64

V. TIME AND CONNECTION 78

VI. ARGUMENT 86

VII. THE MONOLOGUE AS A FORM OF LITERATURE 100

VIII. HISTORY OF THE MONOLOGUE 113

Part II

DRAMATIC RENDERING OF THE MONOLOGUE

IX. NECESSITY OF ORAL RENDITION 133

X. ACTIONS OF MIND AND VOICE 147

XI. ACTIONS OF MIND AND BODY 172

XII. THE MONOLOGUE AND METRE 195

XIII. DIALECT 222

XIV. PROPERTIES 230

XV. FAULTS IN RENDERING A MONOLOGUE 241

XVI. IMPORTANCE OF THE MONOLOGUE 248

XVII. SOME TYPICAL MONOLOGUES FROM BROWNING 265

INDEX 305