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Description for Victorian Poetry
Hardcover. aeo A fully annotated and illustrated collection of Victorian poetry. aeo Features a generous selection of work by all the major figures of the age, including Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Victorian Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is a fully annotated and illustrated collection of Victorian poetry.
Victorian Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is a fully annotated and illustrated collection of Victorian poetry.
- Features a generous selection of work by all the major figures of the age, including Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde
- Presents several long poems in their entirety, such as Arnold’s ‘Empedocles on Etna’, Clough’s Amours de Voyage, Meredith’s Modern Love and Tennyson’s In Memoriam AHH
- Each poet is introduced by a biographical headnote
- Each poem is introduced by a headnote giving publication details, biographical facts, contextual material, and other information
- The poems themselves are all fully annotated
- Extensive ... Read more
- Features twelve black and white illustrations of images referred to in or relevant to the poetry
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Annotated Anthologies
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631234357
SKU
V9780631234357
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About O´gorman
Francis O’Gorman is Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Companion of the Guild of St George. He has written widely on the Victorian period, including the books John Ruskin (1999) and Late Ruskin: New Contexts (2001) and is the editor of The Victorian Novel (Blackwell Publishing, 2002). ... Read more
Reviews for Victorian Poetry
"This is an excellent guide to the poetry of the period, and a teaching tool of obvious integrity, offering both help where it is needed and the kind of challenges that are essential to a meaningful learning experience." Modern Language Review