{"product_id":"a-companion-to-victorian-poetry-paperback-softback-9781405176125","title":"A Companion to Victorian Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405176125","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Victorian Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not only is the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichael Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e, Cambridge University, \u003ci\u003eThe Tennyson Research Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCiaran Cronin (Author), Richard Cronin (Edited by), Antony Harrison (Edited by), Alison Chapman (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405176125, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e640 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 4.6 cm, 1.061 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eReview 19\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] comprehensive, challenging picture of Victorian poetry emerges when reading the entire collection of essays.... A feast of information.\" (\u003ci\u003eBrontë Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eStudies in English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Fall 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Scholars will want to own this book.... \u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Literature in Transition)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not only is the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Tennyson Research Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eApproaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the relationships between work by different poets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders Victorian women poets in every chapter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditors’ Preface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Victorian Poetics 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol T. Christ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE Varieties and Forms 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Epic 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert F. Tucker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Domestic and Idyllic 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda H. Peterson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Lyric 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Rowlinson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dramatic Monologue 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. Warwick Slinn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sonnet and Sonnet Sequence 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlison Chapman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Elegy 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeamus Perry \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hymn 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. R. Watson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nonsense 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoderick McGillis \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Verse Novel 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDino Felluga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Verse Drama 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrienne Scullion \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Working-Class Poetry 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorence Boos \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Classical Tradition 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Jenkyns \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Arthurian Poetry and Medievalism 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntony H. Harrison \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Poetry in Translation 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.-A. George \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Tractarian Poetry 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Prickett \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Spasmodics 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Cronin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Pre-Raphaelite School 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Riede \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Poetry of the 1890s 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Snodgrass \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO Production, Distribution and Reception 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Market 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee Erickson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Anthologies and the Making of the Poetic Canon 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalie M. Houston \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Reviewing 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanne Shattock \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Poetry and Illustration 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLorraine Janzen Kooistra \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE Victorian Poetry and Victorian Culture 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Nationhood and Empire 421\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Linley \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Poetry in the Four Nations 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Campbell \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Poetry and Religion 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. David Shaw \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Poetry and Science 475\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Rauch \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Landscape and Cityscape 493\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePauline Fletcher \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Vision and Visuality 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Maxwell \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Marriage and Gender 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia F. 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