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Victorian poetry and the culture of the heart [[electronic resource] /] / Kirstie Blair



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Autore: Blair Kirstie Visualizza persona
Titolo: Victorian poetry and the culture of the heart [[electronic resource] /] / Kirstie Blair Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
Disciplina: 821/.8093561
Soggetto topico: English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism
Heart in literature
Human body in literature
Emotions in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 argues that the intense focus on heart ima
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ISBN: 1-280-90572-7
1-4356-0715-5
0-19-153438-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910792234903321
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Serie: Oxford English monographs.