In this book, John Woolford specifies the precise meaning and scope of 'the grotesque' by placing Browning in a major aesthetic tradition running from the Romantic Sublime through to modern concepts and theorisations of the grotesque, such as the Bakhtinian. Publisher: Liverpool University Press Author(s): John Woolford Number of pages: 128 Collection: Writers and Their Work Publication date: 2006 Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 16 Cover type: Hardback