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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Main Author: Sider, Justin, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: last things first
  • Answer, echoes, dying: Tennyson's farewells
  • Dramatic monologue and the ends of character
  • Matthew Arnold's accomplished figures
  • The consummated spell: Swinburne's style
  • Coda: disavowing the Victorians.

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