The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Author | : Christopher Ricks |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199556311 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199556318 |
Rating | : 4/5 (318 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse written by Christopher Ricks and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology presents a wonderfully varied collection of Victorian poetry, with 560 poems by 115 authors. The great figures of the period - Tennyson, Browning, Swinburne, and Hopkins - are strongly represented, but light verse and nonsense poetry have not been neglected. With most poems given in their entirety, this is a lively and exciting anthology of Victorian verse selected by an expert in the field.