{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-victorian-poetry-paperback","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Bevis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I am inclined to think that we want new forms . . . as well as thoughts', confessed Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning in 1845. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e provides a closely-read appreciation of the vibrancy and variety of Victorian poetic forms, and attends to poems as both shaped and shaping forces. The volume is divided into four main sections. The first section on 'Form' looks at a few central innovations and engagements--'Rhythm', 'Beat', 'Address', 'Rhyme', 'Diction', 'Syntax', and 'Story'. The second section, 'Literary Landscapes', examines the traditions and writers (from classical times to the present day) that influence and take their bearings from Victorian poets. The third section provides 'Readings' of twenty-three poets by concentrating on particular poems or collections of poems, offering focused, nuanced engagements with the pleasures and challenges offered by particular styles of thinking and writing. The final section, 'The Place of Poetry', \u003cbr\u003econceives and explores 'place' in a range of ways in order to situate Victorian poetry within broader contexts and discussions: the places in which poems were encountered; the poetic representation and embodiment of various sites and spaces; the location of the 'Victorian' alongside other territories and nationalities; and debates about the place - and displacement - of poetry in Victorian society. This Handbook is designed to be not only an essential resource for those interested in Victorian poetry and poetics, but also a landmark publication--provocative, seminal volume that will offer a lasting contribution to future studies in the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Bevis, \u003cem\u003eUniversity Lecturer and Fellow in English, Keble College, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Bevis is a University Lecturer and Fellow in English at Keble College, Oxford. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Eloquence: Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2007) and \u003cem\u003eComedy: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012). He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eSome Versions of Empson\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2007).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 912\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.6 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454586667186,"sku":"9780198713715","price":102.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/600f5946e2eebbfa490d8c52267b9afa.webp?v=1778855097","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-victorian-poetry-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}