Porphyria’s Lover Flashcards
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Poet
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Robert Browning
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Context
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-Porphyria is a disease that can result in insanity. Browning might be comparing being in love with insanity and a delusional view of reality.
-Porphyria is portrayed as a sexual and seductive woman, which would have attracted criticism in Victorian times. This could, however, be the untrustworthy speaker’s way of justifying the murder.
-First published in 1836, and draws on Romantic era imagery of nature and strong emotion.
