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WORKS OF S. S. CURRY, PH.D., LITT.D.
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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
PIERCE BUILDING, COPLEY SQUARE
COPYRIGHT, 1908
BY S. S. CURRY
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
CONTENTS
PAGE
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