Elegy for an Age - The Presence of the Past in Victorian Literature

Informationen zum Autor John D. Rosenberg Klappentext A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. The Age of Elegy; 2. Carlyle: History and the Human Voice; 3. Stopping for Death: Tennyson's In Memoriam; 4. Tennyson and the Passing of Arthur; 5. Rusking's Benediction: A Reading of Fors Clavigera; 6. Water into Wine: The Miracle of Ruskin's Praeterita; 7. Mr. Darwin Collects Himself; 8. The Oxford Elegists: Newman, Arnold, Hopkins; 9. Swinburne and the Ravages of Time; 10. Walter Pater and the Art of Evanescence; 11. Varieties of Infernal Experience: The Fall of the City in Victorian Literature; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: John Rosenberg, John D. Rosenberg
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2005
• EAN: 9781843311560
• ISBN: 978-1-84331-156-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies