The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry

by Joseph Bristow (Editor)

This book provides an introduction to the issues that absorbed the attention of poets from the 1830s to the 1890s. The thirteen chapters offer fresh insights into the works of well-known figures such as Robert Browning, and Alfred Tennyson and the writings of women poets--such as Amy Levy and Augusta Webster--whose contribution to Victorian culture has only recently been acknowledged by scholars. The volume, which will be of interest to scholars and students alike, features a detailed chronology of the Victorian period and a guide to further reading.

Genres: Poetry, Literary Criticism

360 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 1996

Reviews

[Andreea]

Cambridge companions are usually a bit hit and miss, but this is proving wonderfully helpful so I'm reading it from start to finish. So far the Yopie Prins chapter on Victorian meters is the most interesting (which isn't really that surprising).