Byline: Carol Herman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Almost 60 years before Hillel Halkin moved from the United States to Zichron Ya"akov in Israel in 1970, the idyllic Mediterranean town was in its heyday. Funded by the largesse of Edmond de Rothschild and...

Ed J Anthony Semlyen Chichester: John Wiley & Sons 1997 Ppvii + 704, [pounds]150, ISBN 0 471 96715 7 Stepping into the ring While many chemists still live in the dark ages and regard the synthesis of large cyclic molecules as...

In the following essay, Zietlow argues that Browning's main intention in The Ring and the Book is to save souls, and contends that “to advance toward salvation the reader must bear witness to ineffable spiritual truths by experiencing internal rebirth and resurrection.”

In the following essay, Petch examines the narrative methodology of The Ring and the Book, noting its use of techniques of legal discourse.

In the following essay, Shaw analyzes the way in which Browning makes use of critical theories—particularly deconstructionism and hermeneutics—in The Ring and the Book. Shaw considers the main characters to be caricatures of various critical viewpoints and focuses on Tertium Quid and Guido specifically as the primary deconstructionists, and on the Pope as a representative of hermeneutical criticism.