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Autore |
Blair Kirstie |
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Victorian poetry and the culture of the heart [[electronic resource] /] / Kirstie Blair |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-90572-7 |
1-4356-0715-5 |
0-19-153438-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford English monographs |
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Soggetti |
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English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism |
Heart in literature |
Human body in literature |
Emotions in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Proved on the Pulses: Heart Disease in Victorian Literature and Culture; 2. Shocks and Spasms: Rhythm and the Pulse of Verse; 3. 'Ill-lodged in a woman's breast': Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Woman's Heart; 4. 'The old unquiet breast': Matthew Arnold, Heartsickness, and the Culture of Doubt; 5. 'Raving of dead men's dust and beating hearts': Tennyson and the Pathological Heart; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry. It argues that the intense focus on heart imagery in the period highlights anxieties about the ability of poetry to act upon its readers. It covers key poems by authors such as Tennyson and the Brownings, and contextualizes them with reference to lesser-known works. - ;Victorian Poetry and the Culture of the Heart is a significant and timely study of nineteenth-century poetry and poetics. It considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry, and |
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