Readings in Victorian Poetry

The Victorian period was a period of intense and productive activity in literature, namely by poets and novelists, essayists and philosophers. Much of the writing was concerned with problems resulting from the industrial revolution, the influence of the theory of evolution, movements of the political and social reform. This book offers a lively and accessible introduction to the diverse range of poetry written in the Victorian period. It gives a close reading of a wide variety of nineteenth-century poems, historical background, the characteristics of the 19th century. Informative and original, this book has been carefully designed to enable readers to understand, enjoy, and be inspired by nineteenth-century poetry.