Ciaran Cronin

Broschiertes Buch

A Companion to Victorian Poetry

Beschreibung

This Companion 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. The Companion as a whole does more than map the existing state of scholarship in the field; it sets out an agenda for future research.

Autor

Richard Cronin teaches at Glasgow University. His publications include The Politics of Romantic Poetry (2000) and Romantic Victorians: English Literature 1824-1840 (2002) Antony H. Harrison teaches at North Carolina State University. His books include Victorian Poets and Romantic Poems (1990), Victorian Poets and the Politics of Culture (1998), The Culture of Christina Rossetti (1999), and The Letters of Christina Rossetti (4 vols, 1998-2004). Alison Chapman teaches at Glasgow University and is the author of The Afterlife of Christina Rossetti (2000), editor of Victorian Women's Poetry (2003), and co-editor of Women and Italy in the Nineteenth Century (2002).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1167g
• ISBN-13: 9781405176125
• ISBN-10: 1405176121
• Artikelnr.: 22949848

Rezensionen

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"Yet overall, and at its best, it provides what few criticalbooks can offer: a highly readable, even rollicking account of thewhole era, as variegated and lively as Victorian poetry itself."(Review 19, 2011)

"[A] comprehensive, challenging picture of Victorian poetryemerges when reading the entire collection of essays.... A feast ofinformation." (Brontë Studies, November 2009)

"The essays within are excellent. I think it an indispensablebook. 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 thepoetry." (Studies

in English Literature, Fall 2008)

"Scholars will want to own this book.... Highly recommended."(Choice)

"A rich diversity of distinguished and learned scholars, mostlyfrom North America and the UK, have combined in this singularlyimpressive and important volume, to provide what for many might atfirst sight seem to be an almost impossible harvest: fresh andoriginal essays on carefully selected aspects of the poetry ofVictorian England." (Reference Reviews)

"Nicely affordable for the wealth of insights contained therein.Contains some fresh research.... This companion will not sit on theshelf and collect dust, but [will] be useful for both scholarly andentertaining reading." (English Literature inTransition)

"Not only is the Companion brimming with finearguments--there are far too many essays that warrant noticethan can possibly be picked out in a short review--but it isalso very well put together as a collection. Its clear table ofcontents and fulsome index make it easy to negotiate. Each essayis, moreover, followed by a generous list of references andsuggested further reading." (The Tennyson ResearchBulletin)"Not only is the Companion brimming with fine arguments -there are far too many essays that warrant notice than can possiblybe picked out in a short review - but it is also very well puttogether as a collection. Its clear table of contents and fulsomeindex make it easy to negotiate. Each essay is, moreover, followedby a generous list of references and suggested furtherreading."
-Michael Hurley, Cambridge University, The TennysonResearch Bulletin