The Major Victorian Poets: Reconsiderations (Routledge Revivals)

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Major Victorian Poets: Reconsiderations (Routledge Revivals)Author(s): Isobel Armstrong\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415667937, 978-0415667937\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1969, this edition collection brings together a series of essaysoffering a re-evaluation ofVictorian poetry in the light of early 20th Century [url] essays in this collection concentrate upon the poets whose reputations suffered from the great redirection of energy in English criticism initiated in this century by Eliot, Richards and Leavis. What theses poets wrote about, the values they expressed, the form of the poems, the language they used, all these were examined and found wanting in some radical way. One of the results of this criticism was the renewal of interest in metaphysical and eighteenth-century poetry and corresponding ebb of enthusiasm for Romantic poetry and for Victorian poetry in particular. Most of the essays in this.