Sordello
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Sordello is a notoriously complex narrative poem by Robert Browning that explores themes of politics, identity, and artistic ambition in medieval Italy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sordello canonical | 2 |
| Sordello da Goito | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | narrative poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Browning ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Sordello
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sordello da Goito
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
initially negative
ⓘ
later reassessed by scholars ⓘ |
| difficultyCommentedOnBy |
Henry James
ⓘ
Robert Browning ⓘ Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1840 ⓘ |
| genre |
dramatic poem
ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ecelin
ⓘ
Palma ⓘ Sordello self-link ⓘ Taurello Salinguerra ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
ⓘ
Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dante Alighieri
ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
Romantic poetry
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Victorian literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian poetry
|
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sordello
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sordello da Goito
|
| mentionedIn | Browning’s correspondence ⓘ |
| meter | blank verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure
ⓘ
dense allusiveness ⓘ extreme difficulty of style ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Moxon ⓘ |
| settingLocation | medieval Italy ⓘ |
| structure | verse ⓘ |
| subject |
Ghibellines
ⓘ
surface form:
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Italian politics ⓘ poetic vocation ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic ambition
ⓘ
historical change ⓘ identity ⓘ nationalism ⓘ politics ⓘ the role of the poet ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 13th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sordello da Goito
this entity surface form:
Sordello da Goito