CONTENTS

PART I

I. A NEW LITERARY FORM

II. THE SPEAKER

III. THE HEARER

IV. PLACE OR SITUATION

V. TIME AND CONNECTION

VI. ARGUMENT

VII. THE MONOLOGUE AS A FORM OF LITERATURE

VIII. HISTORY OF THE MONOLOGUE

PART II

IX. NECESSITY OF ORAL RENDITION

X. ACTIONS OF MIND AND VOICE

XI. ACTIONS OF MIND AND BODY

XII. THE MONOLOGUE AND METRE

XIII. DIALECT

XIV. PROPERTIES

XV. FAULTS IN RENDERING A MONOLOGUE

XVI. IMPORTANCE OF THE MONOLOGUE

XVII. SOME TYPICAL MONOLOGUES FROM BROWNING

INDEX