Victorian poetry and the culture of the heart / Kirstie Blair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blair, Kirstie.

Series:

Oxford English monographs.

Oxford English monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Heart in literature.

Human body in literature.

Emotions in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-90572-7

1-4356-0715-5

0-19-153438-2

OCLC:

609830969