The Ring and the Book

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The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem by Robert Browning that reconstructs a 17th-century Italian murder trial through multiple, contrasting monologues.

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instanceOf book-length poem ⓘ
dramatic monologue ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Robert Browning ⓘ
authorNationality English ⓘ
basedOn 17th-century Italian murder trial ⓘ
the murder of Pompilia Comparini ⓘ
the trial of Count Guido Franceschini ⓘ
centralCharacter Count Guido Franceschini ⓘ
Giuseppe Caponsacchi ⓘ
Pompilia Comparini ⓘ
Pope Innocent XII ⓘ
centralEvent murder of Pompilia Comparini ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1868 ⓘ
genre dramatic monologue ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
verse novel ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book IX ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
Book VI ⓘ
Book VII ⓘ
Book VIII ⓘ
Book X ⓘ
Book XI ⓘ
Book XII ⓘ
length over 21,000 lines ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
dramatic monologue tradition ⓘ
narrativeTechnique dramatic monologue ⓘ
multiple monologues ⓘ
notableFor its length among English poems ⓘ
its use of multiple dramatic monologues to recount one event ⓘ
numberOfBooksOrParts 12 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationPeriod 1868–1869 ⓘ
publisher Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
settingLocation Arezzo ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
settingTime 17th century ⓘ
sourceMaterial a bundle of legal documents known as the "Old Yellow Book" ⓘ
sourceMaterialLocation a bookstall in Florence ⓘ
structure told from multiple, contrasting viewpoints ⓘ
theme justice ⓘ
marriage and domestic abuse ⓘ
religion and morality ⓘ
the nature of evidence ⓘ
truth and subjectivity ⓘ

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