Victorian Poetry

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An Annotated Anthology

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Victorian Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is a comprehensive and illustrated collection of poetry from the Victorian era. It features an extensive selection of works by major poets such as Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde. The anthology includes complete long poems like Arnold's 'Empedocles on Etna', Clough's Amours de Voyage, Meredith's Modern Love, and Tennyson's In Memoriam AHH. Each poet is introduced with a biographical headnote, and each poem is prefaced with notes providing publication history, biographical context, and scholarly information. The poems are fully annotated to aid reader understanding. Additional introductory material offers multiple ways to explore the volume, whether chronologically, thematically, or by individual author. The book is enriched with twelve black and white illustrations relevant to the poetry.
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This anthology is ideal for students and scholars of Victorian literature, poetry enthusiasts, and educators seeking a detailed and illustrated resource on Victorian poetry.

An annotated and illustrated collection of Victorian poetry. It features works by major figures of the age, including Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde.

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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 introductory material enables readers to read across the volume chronologically, thematically, or by individual author.

Features twelve black and white illustrations of images referred to in or relevant to the poetry.

Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies

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Modern Language Review praises the anthology as "an excellent guide to the poetry of the period" and a teaching resource of clear integrity, balancing helpful commentary with intellectual challenge, essential for a meaningful learning experience.

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ISBN: 9780631234364

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 May 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

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Edited by Francis O'Gorman
Edited by Francis O'Gorman

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 164.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1111g

Pages: 736

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies

About the Author

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).

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