Dramatic Monologue

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.
Vol. editors: Robert Clark (The Literary Encyclopedia), Jessica E. Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Grace Moore (University of Otago), Cristina Sandru (The Literary Encyclopedia)

Domains

Poetic/ rhetorical term

Dates

Date of occurrence -500

Places

Genres and Modes

Monologue

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For the use of this term in relationship to poetry, please see our entry on Robert Browning. As applied to theatre, the term refers to those occasions when an actor speaks alone on stage, perhaps for the entire length of the drama. We have not yet completed our full entry on this theatrical device.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Dramatic Monologue". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=295, accessed 09 June 2026.]