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.

In the following essay, Slinn analyzes the relationship between “human language and poetic truth” in The Ring and the Book.

In the following essay, Gibson perceives The Ring and the Book to be based on Victorian responses to crime and the body.

In the following essay, Gregory maintains that The Ring and the Book provides insight to the problem of domestic violence in the Victorian period.

In the following essay, Potkay suggests that contrary to the contentions of most modern critics, The Ring and the Book does not identify any character in the poem as the moral center or authority. Rather, the poem offers a "decentered struggle of interpretations, " with the character of Guido taking on a decentering role which questions the very notion of identity.

In the following essay, Findlay conducts a deconstructive reading of The Ring and the Book.

In the following essay, Menaghan outlines and responds to the various controversies surrounding The Ring and the Book and elucidates Browning's goals for the poem.

In the following essay, Ward attempts to reconcile competing interpretations of the character of Pompilia in The Ring and the Book.

In the following essay, Friedman offers a psychological profile of Guido, the villain of The Ring and the Book.

In the following essay, Pettit analyzes elements of parody in The Ring and the Book, with which, he contends, Browning creates a pervasive sense of disjunction and absurdity in the poem.

In the following essay, Hiemstra maintains that Browning greatly augmented the biblical allusions present in the “Old Yellow Book,” to the point that in The Ring and the Book “biblical symbolism functions as the element that controls the ultimate meaning of this historical episode.”

In the following essay, Gibson identifies the notebooks and letters of Browning's father as viable sources for The Ring and the Book.

In the following essay, Hines examines the relationship between the ring and legal metaphors in The Ring and the Book. “Like the ring metaphor,” she observes, “the legal metaphor also comes full circle; and, as it falls back upon itself, it promotes an endless cycle of interpretation.”