Victorian Poetry and Modern Life
The Unpoetical Age
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, British
| Author: | Natasha Moore | ISBN: | 9781137537805 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Natasha Moore |
| ISBN: | 9781137537805 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Faced with the chaos and banality of modern, everyday life, a number of Victorian poets sought innovative ways of writing about the unpoetic present in their verse. Their varied efforts are recognisably akin, not least in their development of mixed verse-forms that fused novel and epic to create something equal to the miscellaneousness of the age.
Faced with the chaos and banality of modern, everyday life, a number of Victorian poets sought innovative ways of writing about the unpoetic present in their verse. Their varied efforts are recognisably akin, not least in their development of mixed verse-forms that fused novel and epic to create something equal to the miscellaneousness of the age.
