Gardens and Grim Ravines : : The Language of Landscape in Victorian Poetry / / Pauline Fletcher.

This book is the first systematic examination of the significance of landscape in Victorian poetry. Pauline Fletcher divides poetic landscapes into two categories: antisocial" landscapes of isolation or retreat, and "social" landscapes that reflect the life of man in community.Origina...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©1983
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5181
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Physical Description:1 online resource (298 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Illustrations --
Acknowledgments --
Preface --
Introduction --
I. Tennyson: The Primal Wilderness --
II. Tennyson: From Escapist Paradise to Social Landscape --
III. Arnold: The Forest Glade --
IV. Browning: The Human Landscape --
V. Rossetti: The Embowered Consciousness --
VI. Morris: The Field Full of Folk --
VII. Swinburne: The Sublime Recovered --
VIII. Hardy: The Chastened Sublime --
Conclusion --
List of Works Consulted --
Index
Summary:This book is the first systematic examination of the significance of landscape in Victorian poetry. Pauline Fletcher divides poetic landscapes into two categories: antisocial" landscapes of isolation or retreat, and "social" landscapes that reflect the life of man in community.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400885961
DOI:10.1515/9781400885961?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Pauline Fletcher.