LEADER 03218nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910465635403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-90572-7 010 $a1-4356-0715-5 010 $a0-19-153438-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000296079 035 $a(EBL)430676 035 $a(OCoLC)609830969 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267333 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267333 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333900 035 $a(PQKB)10437612 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430676 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430676 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271715 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90572 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000296079 100 $a20060110d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVictorian poetry and the culture of the heart$b[electronic resource] /$fKirstie Blair 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aOxford English monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-927394-4 311 $a0-19-170659-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis study considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry. It argues that the intense focus on heart imagery in the period highlights anxieties about the ability of poetry to act upon its readers. It covers key poems by authors such as Tennyson and the Brownings, and contextualizes them with reference to lesser-known works. - ;Victorian Poetry and the Culture of the Heart is a significant and timely study of nineteenth-century poetry and poetics. It considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry, and argues that the intense focus on heart ima 410 0$aOxford English monographs. 606 $aEnglish poetry$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHeart in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aEmotions in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHeart in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aEmotions in literature. 676 $a821/.8093561 700 $aBlair$b Kirstie$0480173 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465635403321 996 $aVictorian poetry and the culture of the heart$9258238 997 $aUNINA