BROWNING AND DOGMA
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS
PORTUGAL ST. LINCOLN’S INN, W.C.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.
BROWNING AND DOGMA
SEVEN LECTURES ON BROWNING’S ATTITUDE
TOWARDS DOGMATIC RELIGION
BY
ETHEL M. NAISH
(FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF NEWNHAM COLLEGE, CAMB. HIST. TRIPOS)
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1906
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| LECTURE I | |
| Introductory, and Caliban upon Setebos | 1 |
| LECTURE II | |
| Cleon | 27 |
| LECTURE III | |
| Bishop Blougram’s Apology | 61 |
| LECTURE IV | |
| Christmas Eve and Easter Day (i) | 93 |
| LECTURE V | |
| Christmas Eve and Easter Day (ii) | 123 |
| LECTURE VI | |
| Christmas Eve and Easter Day (iii) | 147 |
| LECTURE VII | |
| La Saisiaz | 179 |
SYNOPSIS
| LECTURE I | ||
| Sources of Browning’s influence as a teacher. | ||
| Connection between the five poems of the Course. | ||
| Caliban upon Setebos—Origin of—Criticisms. | ||
| Characteristics of Caliban. Cf. Caliban of Shakespeare. | ||
| Analysis of Poem. | ||
| (i) | Introductory (ll. 1-23). | |