Paracelsus (poem)

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Paracelsus is a five-part epic poem written by Robert Browning[1] and published with end notes in 1835.[2][3] The author inscribed the original edition to "his affectionate friend", the Comte A. de Ripert-Monclar[4], identified in a later edition as a private agent in England (between the Duchesse de Berri and her royalist friends in France) who had suggested the subject to Browning.[5]

Structure

The poem is split into five parts:

  1. "Paracelsus Aspires"
  2. "Paracelsus Attains"
  3. "Paracelsus"
  4. "Paracelsus Aspires"
  5. "Paracelsus Attains".[6]

References

  1. ^ Marks, Thomas (9 March 2012). "Robert Browning: none so great and none so odd". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ Robert Browning (1835). Paracelsus. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. OCLC 270128394.
  3. ^ Tucker, Herbert F. Jr. (1980). Browning's Beginnings: The Art of Disclosure. University of Minnesota Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780816658824. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Introduction - Paracelsus - Robert Browning, Book, etext". www.telelib.com. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  5. ^ Browning, Robert (1835). Paracelsus. London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Richard S.; Hair, Donald S. (2007). The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning: A Literary Life. University of Missouri Press. pp. 45-46. ISBN 9780826265524. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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