Victorian Poetry 1830 - 1870

Longman, London, 1977. Third Impression. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. white titles spine; a volume in the Longman's English Series; 'Victorian.' is interpreted here as the decades between 1830 and 187O - a time not only of social and intellectual change, but also of reassessment of the nature, relevance and purpose of poetry in the light of the achievement of the Romantics and under the pressures of.living in a new kind of society.Three short general sections,(Poems of Social Protest, Religious Verse. and Light Verse) drawn frorn.the abundance of Victorian minor Verse, support selections from nine more important poets. These divide into Poets of Society (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, George Meredith, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Arthur Hugh Clough) and Poets of the Soul (Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Algernon Charles Swinburne); previous owner's name on title page; fading to spine; including notes & index - 252 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Literature; Britain/UK; 19th century; Poetry. ISBN: 0582341787. ISBN/EAN: 9780582341784. Inventory No: PTY00047. . 9780582341784