Screen LibraryA companion to Victorian poetry
This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. The volume opens with an introductory essay on Victorian poetics by Carol Christ that of...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470693537 |
| Summary: |
This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. The volume opens with an introductory essay on Victorian poetics by Carol Christ that offers a commanding overview of the whole period. The remaining contributions are organized into three parts: the first surveys the variety of schools and styles in Victorian poetry: in the second, the focus shifts from the form and content of the poetry to the means of its production and distribution: the final part positions Victorian verse in its contexts and explores its interactions with dominant cultural discourses. The Companion as a whole does more than map the existing state of scholarship in the field: it sets out an agenda for future research. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 602 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1405123184 9781405123181 9781405165242 1405165243 0631222073 9780631222071 9780470693537 0470693533 1280284536 9781280284533 |
| Index Number: | PR591 |
| CLC: | I562.11 |
| Contents: |
Victorian poetics / Epic / Domestic and idyllic / Lyric / Dramatic monologue / Sonnet and sonnet sequence / Elegy / Hymn / Nonsense / Verse novel / Verse drama / Working-class poetry / Classical tradition / Arthurian poetry and medievalism / Poetry in translation / Tractarian poetry / Spasmodics / Pre-Raphaelite School / Poetry of the 1890s / Market / Anthologies and the making of the poetic canon / Reviewing / Poetry and illustration / Nationhood and empire / Poetry in the four nations / Poetry and religion / Poetry and science / Landscape and cityscape / Vision and visuality / Marriage and gender / Sexuality and love / |