This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. Approaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems Demonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts. Explores the relationships between work by different poets Recalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect Essays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory Considers Victorian women poets in every chapter

This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it.* Approaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems* Demonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts.* Explores the relationships between work by different poets* Recalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect* Essays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory* Considers Victorian women poets in every chapter

Editors' Preface viiiNotes on Contributors xChronology xvIntroduction: Victorian Poetics 1Carol T. ChristPART ONE Varieties and Forms 231 Epic 25Herbert F. Tucker2 Domestic and Idyllic 42Linda H. Peterson3 Lyric 59Matthew Rowlinson4 Dramatic Monologue 80E. Warwick Slinn5 Sonnet and Sonnet Sequence 99Alison Chapman6 Elegy 115Seamus Perry7 Hymn 134J. R. Watson8 Nonsense 155Roderick McGillis9 Verse Novel 171Dino Felluga10 Verse Drama 187Adrienne Scullion11 Working-Class Poetry 204Florence Boos12 The Classical Tradition 229Richard Jenkyns13 Arthurian Poetry and Medievalism 246Antony H. Harrison14 Poetry in Translation 262J.-A. George15 Tractarian Poetry 279Stephen Prickett16 The Spasmodics 291Richard Cronin17 The Pre-Raphaelite School 305David Riede18 The Poetry of the 1890s 321Chris SnodgrassPART TWO Production, Distribution and Reception 34319 The Market 345Lee Erickson20 Anthologies and the Making of the Poetic Canon 361Natalie M. Houston21 Reviewing 378Joanne Shattock22 Poetry and Illustration 392Lorraine Janzen KooistraPART THREE Victorian Poetry and Victorian Culture 41923 Nationhood and Empire 421Margaret Linley24 Poetry in the Four Nations 438Matthew Campbell25 Poetry and Religion 457W. David Shaw26 Poetry and Science 475Alan Rauch27 Landscape and Cityscape 493Pauline Fletcher28 Vision and Visuality 510Catherine Maxwell29 Marriage and Gender 526Julia F. Saville30 Sexuality and Love 543John MaynardIndex 567