Parting Words : Victorian Poetry and Public Address /

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"Parting Words examines the relationship between Victorian poetry and public culture through the lens of the valedictory or farewell address, considering works ranging from poems by Byron, Tennyson, and Browning, to essays by Twain and Wilde, to scenes from novels by Dickens and Eliot. Ironical...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sider, Justin, 1982- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Literature and society.
Intellectual life.
English poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Poesie anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > History > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Parting Words examines the relationship between Victorian poetry and public culture through the lens of the valedictory or farewell address, considering works ranging from poems by Byron, Tennyson, and Browning, to essays by Twain and Wilde, to scenes from novels by Dickens and Eliot. Ironically, the Victorian demand for a public poetry was countered by a growing diversification of that public. Although the Victorian era saw the loss of faith in a unitary national public, it asked poetry to address just such a public. It is in tackling this contradiction that the Victorian poets negotiated the reception of their work"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9780813941837

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