Sordello

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Sordello is a notoriously complex narrative poem by Robert Browning that explores themes of politics, identity, and artistic ambition in medieval Italy.

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Sordello canonical 2
Sordello da Goito 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem
author Robert Browning
basedOn Sordello da Goito
linked to: Sordello
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception initially negative
later reassessed by scholars
difficultyCommentedOnBy Henry James
Robert Browning
Thomas Carlyle
firstPublicationDate 1840
genre dramatic poem
narrative poetry
poetry
hasCharacter Ecelin
Palma
Sordello
Taurello Salinguerra
hasPart Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
influencedBy Dante Alighieri
Romantic poetry
linked to: Romanticism
language English
literaryMovement Victorian poetry
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Sordello da Goito
linked to: Sordello
mentionedIn Browning’s correspondence
meter blank verse
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor complex narrative structure
dense allusiveness
extreme difficulty of style
publisher Edward Moxon
settingLocation medieval Italy
structure verse
subject Guelphs and Ghibellines
linked to: Ghibellines

Italian politics
poetic vocation
theme artistic ambition
historical change
identity
nationalism
politics
the role of the poet
timePeriodDepicted 13th century

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Robert Browning notableWork Sordello
Sordello mainCharacter Sordello da Goito
linked to: Sordello
Sordello basedOn Sordello da Goito
linked to: Sordello
Sordello hasCharacter Sordello