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Reading Victorian poetry

Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers Skilfully conveys the breadth and diversity of nineteenth-century poetryOffers an ideal balance of canonical and less well-known...

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Main Authors: Cronin, Richard, 1949
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Reading poetry
Subjects:
1800 - 1899
English poetry > 19th century > History and criticism
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Poetics > History > 19th century
POETRY / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English poetry
Literature and society
Poetics
Literature
Great Britain
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444354997
Summary: Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers Skilfully conveys the breadth and diversity of nineteenth-century poetryOffers an ideal balance of canonical and less well-known writersAllows readers to explore the poetry of the Victorian era, through the eyes of one of the most renowned scholars in the fieldPoets covered include Matthew Arnold, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, A.H. Clough, G.M. Hopkins, Edward Lear, Christina Ro
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (238 p.)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444354997 (electronic bk.)
144435499X (electronic bk.)
9781444354966 (electronic bk.)
1444354965 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: PR591
CLC: I562.11
Contents: Front Matter -- Introduction: The Victorian Poetry Palace -- The Divided Self and the Dramatic Monologue -- Victorian Metrics -- Short Poems, Long Poems and the Victorian Sonnet Sequence -- Victorian Poetry and Translation -- Victorian Poetry and Life -- Poetry and Religion -- Conclusion: The 1890s -- Bibliography -- Index.
Introduction: The Victorian poetry palace -- The divided self and the dramatic monologue -- Victorian metrics -- Short poems, long poems, and the Victorian sonnet sequence -- Victorian poetry and translation -- Victorian poetry and life -- Poetry and religion -- Conclusion: The 1890s.

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