Robert Browning, A Biography With Dramatic Romances By G.K. Chesterton This edition contains G.K. Chesterton's literary biography of Robert Browning (1902). Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) English poet and playwright Robert Browning was a master of dramatic monologues and one of the foremost Victorian poets. Dramatic Romances was first published in 1845 and the self-published book came to prominence in later years.