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Autore |
Rosenberg John D. |
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Titolo |
Elegy for an age : the presence of the past in Victorian literature / / John D. Rosenberg [[electronic resource]] |
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London : , : Anthem Press, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-37759-4 |
9786613377593 |
1-84331-375-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Elegiac poetry, English - History and criticism |
English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The age of elegy -- Carlyle : history and the human voice -- Stopping for death : Tennyson's In memoriam -- Tennyson and the passing of Arthur -- Ruskin's benediction : a reading of Fors clavigera -- Water into wine : the miracle of Ruskin's Praeterita -- Mr. Darwin collects himself -- The Oxford elegists : Newman, Arnold, Hopkins -- Swinburne and the ravages of time -- Walter Pater and the art of evanescence -- Varieties of infernal experience : the fall of the city in Victorian literature. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present. |
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