Victorian Poetry: An Annotated AnthologyISBN: 978-0-631-23435-7
Hardcover
736 pages
May 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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* Features a generous selection of work by all the major figures
of the age, including Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde.
* Presents several long poems in their entirety, such as
Arnold’s ‘Empedocles on Etna’, Clough’s
Amours de Voyage, Meredith’s Modern Love and
Tennyson’s In Memoriam AHH.
* Each poet is introduced by a biographical headnote.
* Each poem is introduced by a headnote giving publication
details, biographical facts, contextual material, and other
information.
* The poems themselves are all fully annotated.
* Extensive introductory material enables readers to read across the volume chronologically, thematically, or by individual author. * Features twelve black and white illustrations of images referred to in or relevant to the poetry.