Reading Victorian poetry /

• Main Author: Cronin, Richard, 1949-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• 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.; Literature.; POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; English poetry.; Literature and society.; Poetics.; Great Britain.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.

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...

Table of 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.