Paracelsus is a five-part epic poem written by Robert Browning and published with end notes in 1835. The author inscribed the original edition to "his affectionate friend", the Comte A. de Ripert-Monclar, identified in a later edition as a private agent in England (between the Duchesse de Berri and her royalist friends in France) who had suggested the subject to Browning.
Structure The poem is split into five parts:
"Paracelsus Aspires" "Paracelsus Attains" "Paracelsus" "Paracelsus Aspires" "Paracelsus Attains".
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