{"product_id":"9781405193924","title":"Reading Victorian Poetry","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Reading Poetry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReading Victorian Poetry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard Cronin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReading Victorian Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Richard Cronin’s exceptionally fine book carries out just what its title promises – reading. The pleasure of his adroit, meticulously imaginative insights into verbal and metrical effects is constant … One of the best general readings of Victorian poetry in the last ten years.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Reading Victorian Poetry \u003ci\u003ewill make an excellent introduction to Victorian poetry and gives a good account of a number of key issues.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Studies \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Reading Victorian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era, carefully selected by the author to reflect the breadth and diversity of nineteenth-century poetry. Richard Cronin’s outstanding consideration of a wide range of poets reflects the unusual diversity of Victorian poetry, which includes, amongst others, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, D.G. Rossetti, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book investigates key concerns of the era in which poetry was ousted by the novel from the culturally central position that it had enjoyed for centuries. The result is an important and exciting contribution to the understanding of nineteenth-century poetry, and a crucial resource for anyone interested in Victorian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Richard Cronin\u003c\/b\u003e lectures in nineteenth-century literature in the department of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. His publications include \u003ci\u003e1798: The Year of the Lyrical Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Romantic Poetry: In Search of the Pure Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eRomantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVictorians: English Literature, 1824–1840\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Victorian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Antony H. Harrison and Alison Chapman, Blackwell, 2002), and \u003ci\u003ePaper Pellets: British Literary Culture after Waterloo\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 February 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405193924\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.35\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314994344076,"sku":"9781405193924","price":100.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405193924.jpg?v=1780203782","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405193924","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}