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Victorian Poetry: Poetry, Poets and Politics

By Kai Schild

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1993
ISBN
9783528039820, 3528039825
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3562675 bytes)
Series
Critical History of Victorian Poetry
Edition
1
Pages
539\539
Topic
Physics
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Victorian Poetry is a major re-evaluation of the genre by one of the leading scholars of the period. In a work both comprehensive and astute, the author demonstrates the sophisticaiton of Victorian poetry, rescuing it from its longstanding image as `a moralized form of romantic verse'. Armstrong brings together the familiar poets of the era: Swinburne, Tennyson, Hopkins and Browning, and relates them to female and working-class poets. The aesthetics and politics of Victorian poetrym both conservative and radical, are then examined and brought together in a historical discussion that challenges some of the vital issues in contemporary criticism. This volume marks an acheivement in the appreciation and understanding of Victorian literature, re-reading Victorian poetry from the midst of contemporary debate.

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