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A Companion to Victorian Poetry


A Companion to Victorian Poetry


Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture 1. Aufl.

von: Ciaran Cronin, Richard Cronin, Antony Harrison, Alison Chapman

170,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.04.2008
ISBN/EAN: 9781405123181
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 632

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<p><b>This <i>Companion</i> 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.</b></p> <ul> <li>Approaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems</li> <li>Demonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts.</li> <li>Explores the relationships between work by different poets</li> <li>Recalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect</li> <li>Essays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory</li> <li>Considers Victorian women poets in every chapter</li> </ul>
<p>Editors’ Preface viii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>Chronology xv</p> <p>Introduction: Victorian Poetics 1<br /><i>Carol T. Christ </i></p> <p><b>PART ONE Varieties and Forms 23</b></p> <p>1 Epic 25<br /><i>Herbert F. Tucker </i></p> <p>2 Domestic and Idyllic 42<br /><i>Linda H. Peterson </i></p> <p>3 Lyric 59<br /><i>Matthew Rowlinson </i></p> <p>4 Dramatic Monologue 80<br /><i>E. Warwick Slinn </i></p> <p>5 Sonnet and Sonnet Sequence 99<br /><i>Alison Chapman </i></p> <p>6 Elegy 115<br /><i>Seamus Perry </i></p> <p>7 Hymn 134<br /><i>J. R. Watson </i></p> <p>8 Nonsense 155<br /><i>Roderick McGillis </i></p> <p>9 Verse Novel 171<br /><i>Dino Felluga</i></p> <p>10 Verse Drama 187<br /><i>Adrienne Scullion </i></p> <p>11 Working-Class Poetry 204<br /><i>Florence Boos </i></p> <p>12 The Classical Tradition 229<br /><i>Richard Jenkyns </i></p> <p>13 Arthurian Poetry and Medievalism 246<br /><i>Antony H. Harrison </i></p> <p>14 Poetry in Translation 262<br /><i>J.-A. George </i></p> <p>15 Tractarian Poetry 279<br /><i>Stephen Prickett </i></p> <p>16 The Spasmodics 291<br /><i>Richard Cronin </i></p> <p>17 The Pre-Raphaelite School 305<br /><i>David Riede </i></p> <p>18 The Poetry of the 1890s 321<br /><i>Chris Snodgrass </i></p> <p><b>PART TWO Production, Distribution and Reception 343</b></p> <p>19 The Market 345<br /><i>Lee Erickson </i></p> <p>20 Anthologies and the Making of the Poetic Canon 361<br /><i>Natalie M. Houston </i></p> <p>21 Reviewing 378<br /><i>Joanne Shattock </i></p> <p>22 Poetry and Illustration 392<br /><i>Lorraine Janzen Kooistra </i></p> <p><b>PART THREE Victorian Poetry and Victorian Culture 419</b></p> <p>23 Nationhood and Empire 421<br /><i>Margaret Linley </i></p> <p>24 Poetry in the Four Nations 438<br /><i>Matthew Campbell </i></p> <p>25 Poetry and Religion 457<br /><i>W. David Shaw </i></p> <p>26 Poetry and Science 475<br /><i>Alan Rauch </i></p> <p>27 Landscape and Cityscape 493<br /><i>Pauline Fletcher </i></p> <p>28 Vision and Visuality 510<br /><i>Catherine Maxwell </i></p> <p>29 Marriage and Gender 526<br /><i>Julia F. Saville </i></p> <p>30 Sexuality and Love 543<br /><i>John Maynard </i></p> <p>Index 567</p>
<p>"Yet overall, and at its best, it provides what few critical books can offer: a highly readable, even rollicking account of the whole era, as variegated and lively as Victorian poetry itself." (<i>Review 19</i>, 2011)</p> <p>"[A] comprehensive, challenging picture of Victorian poetry emerges when reading the entire collection of essays.... A feast of information." (<i>Brontë Studies</i>, November 2009)</p> <p>"The essays within are excellent. I think it an indispensable book. The essays address the multifariousness of Victorian poetry, and the variety of critical and theoretical issues; in addition, they give the reader a sense of the marketing and reception of the poetry." (<i>Studies in English Literature</i>, Fall 2008)</p> <p>"Scholars will want to own this book.... <b>Highly recommended</b>." (<i>Choice</i>)</p> <p>"A rich diversity of distinguished and learned scholars, mostly from North America and the UK, have combined in this singularly impressive and important volume, to provide what for many might at first sight seem to be an almost impossible harvest: fresh and original essays on carefully selected aspects of the poetry of Victorian England." (<i>Reference Reviews</i>)</p> <p>"Nicely affordable for the wealth of insights contained therein. Contains some fresh research.... This companion will not sit on the shelf and collect dust, but [will] be useful for both scholarly and entertaining reading." (<i>English Literature in Transition)</i></p> <p>"Not only is the <i>Companion</i> brimming with fine arguments—there are far too many essays that warrant notice than can possibly be picked out in a short review—but it is also very well put together as a collection. Its clear table of contents and fulsome index make it easy to negotiate. Each essay is, moreover, followed by a generous list of references and suggested further reading." (<i>The Tennyson Research Bulletin</i>)</p>
<b>Richard Cronin</b> teaches at Glasgow University. His publications include <i>The Politics of Romantic Poetry</i> (2000) and <i>Romantic Victorians: English Literature 1824-1840</i> (2002)<br /> <p><b>Antony H. Harrison</b> teaches at North Carolina State University. His books include <i>Victorian Poets and Romantic Poems (</i>1990), <i>Victorian Poets and the Politics of Culture</i> (1998), <i>The Culture of Christina Rossetti</i> (1999), and <i>The Letters of Christina Rossetti</i> (4 vols, 1998-2004).<br /> </p> <p><b>Alison Chapman</b> teaches at Glasgow University and is the author of <i>The Afterlife of Christina Rossetti</i> (2000), editor of <i>Victorian Women's Poetry</i> (2003), and co-editor of <i>Women and Italy in the Nineteenth Century</i> (2002).</p>
This <i>Companion</i> 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.<br /> <p>The <i>Companion</i> as a whole does more than map the existing state of scholarship in the field; it sets out an agenda for future research.</p>
<p>"Not only is the <i>Companion</i> brimming with fine arguments - there are far too many essays that warrant notice than can possibly be picked out in a short review - but it is also very well put together as a collection. Its clear table of contents and fulsome index make it easy to negotiate. Each essay is, moreover, followed by a generous list of references and suggested further reading."<br />—<b>Michael Hurley</b>, Cambridge University, <i>The Tennyson Research Bulletin</i></p>

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