his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of

his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict

seen throughout Browning's poetry is one of spirituality. His poetry forms a spiritual timeline; it reveals his

spiritual influences and opinions. It formed his own Bible of beliefs which he possessed. Because

Browning's views on spirituality changed, his poetry also gives insight on the internal conflicts within his

life. The paper will explore Robert Browning's spiritual journey as is reflective in his poetry.

Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, near London, England on May 7, 1812. He was raised

by his father, also Robert Browning, and by his deeply religious mother, Sarah Anna Weideman-Browning.

His often indulgent parents gave him the freedom to explore new literary and philosophical ideas of the time

period, yet he was also instructed to believe the unexplained mysteries of the Christian faith(Miller, 1953).

Browning, and to all believing souls, is the sum and substance of it all. (p.69)

itself"(Miller, 1953, p.9). Although there is no available poetry written before his first published work,

Browning's contradictory attitude in Pauline proves that he is still lingering on the edge of aethism.

Browning concludes his long years of scrutiny not in a theodicy, but in a

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