Victorian Poetry

Victorian Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is a fully annotated and illustrated collection of Victorian poetry.

• Features a generous selection of work by all the major figures of the age, including Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Oscar Wilde
• Presents several long poems in their entirety, such as Arnold’s ‘Empedocles on Etna’, Clough’s Amours de Voyage, Meredith’s Modern Love and Tennyson’s In Memoriam AHH
• Each poet is introduced by a biographical headnote
• Each poem is introduced by a headnote giving publication details, biographical facts, contextual material, and other information
• The poems themselves are all fully annotated
• Extensive introductory material enables readers to read across the volume chronologically, thematically, or by individual author
• Features twelve black and white illustrations of images referred to in or relevant to the poetry