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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459770203321

Autore

Rosenberg John D.

Titolo

Elegy for an age : the presence of the past in Victorian literature / / John D. Rosenberg [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-37759-4

9786613377593

1-84331-375-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series

Disciplina

821/.04

Soggetti

Elegiac poetry, English - History and criticism

English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present.