Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
This study explores Victorian poetry in relation to Victorian religion, with particular emphasis on the bitter contemporary debates over the use of forms in worship. It discusses major Victorian poets - Tennyson, the Brownings, Rossetti, Hopkins,...
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This study explores Victorian poetry in relation to Victorian religion, with particular emphasis on the bitter contemporary debates over the use of forms in worship. It discusses major Victorian poets - Tennyson, the Brownings, Rossetti, Hopkins, Hardy - and also argues that their work was influenced by a host of minor and less studied writers. Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Tractarian Poetry, Poetics, and the Forms of Faith -- 2. 'Structured Shade': Church Architecture and Poetry -- 3. 'Familiar Rhythms': Poetry and the Liturgy -- 4. Dissenting Forms: The Brownings -- 5. 'Beyond the Forms of Faith?' Tennyson and the Broad Church -- 6. Definite Forms and Catholic Poetics -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.
