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- Title
Love in a Time of Extinction: Poetic Category and Temporal Impasse in Robert Browning's "Love Among the Ruins".
- Authors
McBratney, John
- Abstract
The article discusses the poem "Love Among the Ruins," by Robert Browning. Topics mentioned include the comparison between the heterosexual relationships and romantic intimacy, the ambiguity of the phenomenon of extinction, the depiction of time in relation to love, and the debate about Browning's relationship with his beloved and the character of their love.
- Subjects
LOVE Among the Ruins (Poem : Browning); BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889; POETRY (Literary form); LITERARY criticism; ROMANTIC love; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2023, Vol 61, Issue 3, p267
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2023.a915651