Robert Browning's "Fra Lippo Lippi" (1855)

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• Text of the poem
• Browning's Attacks on Idealized Art in "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Historical Settings in "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Robert Browning's "Fra Lippo Lippi" (1855): Art Based on Direct Experience
• "Fra Lippo Lippi" and the redirection of the autobiographical impulse
• Body, Soul, God, and Art: Romantic Ideals in Browning's "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Self versus Other in "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Realistic Dialogue in The Warden and "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Art's Power to Reveal vs. Journalism's Power to Force
• Blues and Punishment: “Fra Lippo Lippi,” “Andrea del Sarto,” “The Heart Knoweth its own Bitterness,” and “Reflection”

Modified 17 July 2012