Victorian Poets
A Critical Reader
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Beschreibung
Heirs to the idealized world of the Romantics, darker themes emerged in the era of the Victorians. Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of thought-provoking critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s. Featuring contributions from a variety of distinguished scholars, the essays illustrate the wide range of innovative critical approaches to this extraordinary body of poetry and poetics, including attention to texts, words, forms, modes, and sub-genres. A variety of reinterpretations and critical reassessments is presented, driven by contemporary ideological interests, including questions of gender, selfhood, and body issues. The essays also reveal theoretical approaches informed by structuralism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction.
Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s.
* Presents key criticism on Victorian poetry
* Features contributions from a variety of scholars in the field
* Illustrates the full range of critical approaches to the Victorian poets, including attention to texts, words, forms, modes, and sub-genres
* Offers fresh reinterpretations, many driven by contemporary ideological interests, including gender questions, selfhood, and body issues
Autor*in
Valentine Cunningham
Themen in »Victorian Poets«
19th Century English Literature Englische Literatur Englische Literatur / 19. Jhd. Englischsprachige Literatur English Literature Literature Literaturwissenschaft