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- Title
A CRITIC IN THE DESERT: ROBERT BROWNING AND THE LIMITS OF PLAIN HISTORIC FACT.
- Authors
Jenkins, Philip
- Abstract
The article focuses on the poem "A Death in the Desert," by Robert Browning and how it relates to writing about passionate faith. The author discusses how the poem exemplifies the relationship between faith and material evidence, explores how it comments on the religious understanding of Victorian Christians, and analyzes its relationship to Christian History and the New Testament.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; DEATH in the Desert, A (Poem : Browning); BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889; ENGLISH poetry; FAITH in literature; BELIEF &; doubt in literature; CHRISTIANITY in literature; NEW Testament criticism &; interpretation; CHRISTIANS; NINETEENTH century; RELIGIOUS poetry
- Publication
Fides et Historia, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
0884-5379
- Publication type
Poetry Review