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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
C (Ed) Ricks
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Description for The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Paperback. Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology prsents a wonderfully varied collection of Victorian poetry, with 560 poems by 115 authors. With most poems given in their entirety, this is a lively and exciting anthology of Victorian verse selected by an expert in the field. Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 492.
A great age of poetry speaks for itself in Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets resisted the bad propensities of the era through which they lived. The great figures are of course strongly represented - Tennyson and Browning, Swinburne and Hopkins - but not so as to crowd out the less expected but equally rewarding facets of light verse and nonsense, of grotesque and protest. At long last justice is done to the poignant directness of 'the true voice of feeling', from William Barnes and John ... Read more
A great age of poetry speaks for itself in Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets resisted the bad propensities of the era through which they lived. The great figures are of course strongly represented - Tennyson and Browning, Swinburne and Hopkins - but not so as to crowd out the less expected but equally rewarding facets of light verse and nonsense, of grotesque and protest. At long last justice is done to the poignant directness of 'the true voice of feeling', from William Barnes and John ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199556311
SKU
V9780199556311
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Reviews for The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Christopher Rick's anthology succeeds triumphantly.
The Observer
(Christopher Ricks) has done for Victorian poetry what Sir John Betjeman did for Victorian architecture. He has made it live again.
The Times
A formidable volume.
Irish Times
A masterly survey of a gigantic age, this anthology is indispensable.
Oxford Times
The Observer
(Christopher Ricks) has done for Victorian poetry what Sir John Betjeman did for Victorian architecture. He has made it live again.
The Times
A formidable volume.
Irish Times
A masterly survey of a gigantic age, this anthology is indispensable.
Oxford Times