CONTENTS

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PREFACE[ix]
Part I
THE MANNER OF VICTORIAN POETRY
I.THE POET AND HIS AGE[17]
II.DICTION IN ENGLISH POETRY[22]
III.THE PROBLEMS OF THE VICTORIANS[54]
IV.TENNYSON’S DICTION[71]
V.BROWNING’S DICTION[92]
VI.TENNYSON’S INFLUENCE—THE DICTION OF ARNOLD, ROSSETTI, MORRIS AND SWINBURNE[102]
VII.BROWNING’S INFLUENCE—R. H. HORNE—ALFRED DOMETT—T. E. BROWN—COVENTRY PATMORE[142]
VIII.CONCLUSION OF PART I[155]
Part II
THE MATERIAL OF VICTORIAN POETRY
I.INTELLECTUAL FASHIONS[159]
II.SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE POETRY—NARRATIVEPOETRY—MACAULAY—MORRIS—POETIC DRAMA[164]
III.“THE IDYLLS OF THE KING”—TENNYSON’SCRITICS—HIS METHOD—A DEBATABLE ELEMENTIN TENNYSON’S WORK—MORAL JUDGMENTIN POETRY—TENNYSON’S PUBLIC AUTHORITY[176]
IV.THE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER IN VICTORIANPOETRY—THE OCCASIONAL ELEMENT—MRS.BROWNING—CHRISTINA ROSSETTI—FITZGERALD—SPIRITUAL ECSTASY[209]
V.LOVE POETRY AND THE VICTORIAN USE OF NATURE[221]
VI.CONCLUSION[230]
INDEX[233]

Part I: THE MANNER OF VICTORIAN POETRY

VICTORIAN POETRY