Hawlin and Burnett present the final volume in this three volume Oxford edition of Browning's great murder-story, The Ring and the Book. The commentary in this edition contains a wealth of new contextual material that illuminates Browning's work in sometimes surprising ways. The copy text of 1888-9, the final edition of Browning's lifetime, has been scrupulously examined, both in relation to compositors' errors, and Browning's own final corrections to the text.

• Textual Notes to Books IX-XII


• References and Abbreviations


• The Ring and the Book, Books IX-XII


• Introduction to Book IX


• Book IX: Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius


• Introduction to Book X


• Book X: The Pope


• Introduction to Book XI


• Book XI: Guido


• Introduction to Book XII


• Book XII: The Book and the Ring


• Appendices


• Appendix A: The Cadaver Synod


• Appendix B: Yale Variants


• Appendix C: Compositors


• Afterword: The Truth Behind the Franceschini Murder Case