The Lyric Poem and Aestheticism: Forms of Modernity Contributor(s): Thain, Marion (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474415660 ISBN-13: 9781474415668 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
LCCN: 2016479786 |
Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 280 pages |
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Publisher Description: Lyric poetry's response to a crisis of relevance in Victorian Modernity This study explores lyric poetry's response to a crisis of relevance in Victorian Modernity, offering an analysis of literature usually elided by studies of the modern formation of the genre and uncovering previously unrecognized discourses within it. Setting the focal aestheticist poetry (c. 1860 to 1914) within much broader historical, theoretical and aesthetic frames, it speaks to those interested in Victorian and modernist literature and culture, but also to a burgeoning audience of the 'new lyric studies'. The six case studies introduce fresh poetic voices as well as giving innovative analyses of canonical writers (such as D. G. Rossetti, Ezra Pound, A. C. Swinburne). Key Features
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