Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Preface to Second Edition VII
4. Contents 1
5. 1. The Infinite Moment 3
6. 2. Browning and Higher Criticism 19
7. 3. "Our Lady of Bellosguardo": A Pastel Portrait 52
8. 4. New Light on the Genesis of The Ring and the Book 75
9. 5. Browning's First Mention of the Documentary Sources of The Ring and the Book 89
10. 6. Browning's Roman Murder Story as Recorded in a Hitherto Unknown Italian Contemporary Manuscript 95
11. 7. Browning's Dark Mood: A Study of Fifine at the Fair 105
12. 8. Browning's Casuists 129
13. 9. Browning's Conception of Love as Represented in Paracelsus 156
14. 10. The Forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and Their Aftermath 176
15. 11. "The Jewelled Bow": A Study in Browning's Imagery and Humanism 193
16. 12. The Statue and the Bust 214
17. 13. Browning and the Harriet Westbrook Shelley Letters 234
18. Notes 247
19. Index 261