03184nam 2200661 a 450 991079223490332120230902223246.01-280-90572-71-4356-0715-50-19-153438-2(CKB)2560000000296079(EBL)430676(OCoLC)609830969(SSID)ssj0000267333(PQKBManifestationID)11200883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267333(PQKBWorkID)10333900(PQKB)10437612(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072618(MiAaPQ)EBC430676(Au-PeEL)EBL430676(CaPaEBR)ebr10271715(CaONFJC)MIL90572(EXLCZ)99256000000029607920060110d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVictorian poetry and the culture of the heart[electronic resource] /Kirstie BlairOxford Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (284 p.)Oxford English monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-927394-4 0-19-170659-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index.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; ZThis 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 argues that the intense focus on heart imaOxford English monographs.English poetry19th centuryHistory and criticismHeart in literatureHuman body in literatureEmotions in literatureEnglish poetryHistory and criticism.Heart in literature.Human body in literature.Emotions in literature.821/.8093561Blair Kirstie480173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792234903321Victorian poetry and the culture of the heart258238UNINA