English Victorian Poetry: An Anthology

The Victorian period of English Literature is generally dated from the late 1830's to the turn of the 20th century (coinciding with the reign of Queen Victoria) and includes a roster of poets whose works are of perennial interests to literature students as well as enduringly popular with poetry lovers and general readers.This outstanding, modestly priced anthology presents over 170 poems by the major poets of the period, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Growning, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Arthur Hugh Clough, Edward FitzGerald, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Coventry Patmore, George Meredith, William Ernest Henley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Rodyard Kipling, and many others.Carefully selected to include the works most often studied in literature courses, high school through college, as well as some of the best -loved poems in English, this anthology is ideal for classroom use, independent study, and personal perusal. An Introduction and brief biographical notes on the poets are included.