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The main tendencies of Victorian poetry: studies in the thought and art of the greater poets

The main tendencies of Victorian poetry: studies in the thought and art of the greater poets

Smith, Arnold

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Letters & EssaysGeneral PoetryBritish History

ISBN10: 9353704278
ISBN13: 9789353704278
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Victorian poetry did not merely sing; it argued, doubted, and remade belief. Hear the age think aloud. In The Main Tendencies of Victorian Poetry, Arnold Smith gathers literary criticism essays that trace the poetic thought and art of the era's major voices, with an ear for the pressures of modernity and a critic's delight in craft. Moving from broad tendencies to telling details, he asks what makes a poem Victorian: its moral pressure, its argumentative voice, its hunger for beauty amid change. The prose is exact, never showy, and always alert to sound as well as sense. Ideal for shelves beside the poets themselves. This scholarly poetry criticism reads the poems as living acts of intelligence: how themes in Victorian poetry move between faith and scepticism, public duty and private desire; how poetic form and style shift from lyric poise to dramatic urgency. Alongside attentive Alfred Tennyson criticism and clear-eyed Robert Browning analysis, Smith places Victorian era poetry within the wider imagination of 19th century England, showing why these writers mattered to their moment and why they still matter now. The result is a poetry criticism collection that supports close reading without dulling pleasure: a literature study companion for students of English literature, and a persuasive guide for anyone returning to the classics with fresh questions. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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