The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 05 June 2012
- 20 May 2010
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- 9780511780585
- 9780521856249
- 9780521672245
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.67kg, 344 Pages
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.54kg, 344 Pages
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Book description
Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and essays ensured that major poets such as Tennyson, Browning, Hardy and Rossetti were household names, and they remain popular today. The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry provides an accessible overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, paying particular attention to its role in mass media print culture. Designed to interest both students and scholars, the book traces lively dialogues between poets and explains poets' choices of form, style and language. It also demonstrates poetry's relevance to Victorian debates on science, social justice, religion, imperialism, and art. Featuring a glossary of literary terms, a guide to further reading, and two examples of close readings of Victorian poems, this introduction is the ideal starting-point for the study of verse in the nineteenth century.
Reviews
'Hughes' grasp, clarity and intellectual brio is enviable … [there is] splendid reach, penetration and understanding on display in this first-rate new study, which may be recommended to anyone with an interest in the cultural, aesthetic and social implications of Victorian poetry.'
Source: Tennyson Research Bulletin
'By far the most important recent general study of Victorian poetry …'
Source: SEL: Studies in English Literature
'The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry is comprehensive without sacrificing clarity, depth or readability. Hughes invaluably helps her readers face the new challenges of teaching and studying Victorian poetry in the twenty-first century.'
Source: Victorian Review
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