Title Rhythm and will in Victorian poetry / Matthew Campbell

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) Series Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 22 Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 22 Contents Introduction: two decisions -- Rhythms of will -- Tennyson, Browning and the absorbing soul -- Browning and the element of action -- ''Tis well that I should bluster': Tennyson's monologues -- The drift of In memoriam -- Incarnating elegy in The wreck of the Deutschland -- The mere continuator: Thomas Hardy and the end of elegy Summary "In Rhythm and Will in Victorian Poetry, Matthew Campbell explores the work of four Victorian poets - Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins and Hardy - as they show a consistent and innovative concern with questions of human agency and will. The Victorians saw the virtues attendant upon a strong will as central to themselves and to their culture, and Victorian poetry strove to find an aesthetic form to represent this sense of the human will. Through close study of the metre, rhyme and rhythm of a wide range of poems - including monologue, lyric and elegy - Campbell reveals how closely technical questions of poetics are related, in the work of these poets, to issues of psychology, ethics and social change. He goes on to discuss more general questions of poetics, and the implications of the achievement of the Victorian poets in a wider context, from Milton through Romanticism and into contemporary critical debate."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Poetic works Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 Tennyson, Alfred, (1809-1892) -- Critique et interprétation. Browning, Robert, (1812-1889) -- Critique et interprétation. Hopkins, Gerard Manley, (1844-1889) -- Critique et interprétation. Hardy, Thomas, (1840-1928) -- Critique et interprétation. Hopkins, Gerard Manley. Hardy, Thomas. Tennyson, Alfred. Browning, Robert. English poetry -- History and criticism. Will in literature. Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English language -- 19th century -- Versification English language -- 19th century -- Rhythm English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Criticism and interpretation English language -- Rhythm English language -- Versification English poetry Literature and society Will in literature Rhythmik Willensfreiheit Lyrik Metrik Ritme. Vrije wil. Anglais (langue) -- 19e siècle -- Rythme. Poésie anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Volonté -- Dans la littérature. Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511004818 9780511004810 0511036612 9780511036613 0511149263 9780511149269 0511117426 9780511117428 0521604222 9780521604222 9780521642958 0521642957 9780511484117 0511484119 1107111285 9781107111288 1280153741 9781280153747 0511309554 9780511309557 0511051840 9780511051845

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