{"product_id":"victorian-poetry-in-context-by-rosie-miles-published-august-2013-9780826437679","title":"Victorian Poetry in Context By Rosie Miles published August 2013","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosie Miles\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, where she teaches courses on Victorian Literature and Culture. She co-edited \u003ci\u003eWilliam Morris in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and is a former Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of William Morris Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.  Rosie is also a National Teaching Fellow (2011) and has published on English Studies, pedagogy and e-learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis approachable yet rigorous book is not only an excellent introduction but also contains much for those familiar with Victorian poetry to ponder. Its final two chapters are brilliant, providing a wide-ranging summary of movements in criticism and a fascinating introduction to the afterlives of Victorian verse, cropping up in the most unlikely places, from Virginia Woolf’s essays to \u003ci\u003eHellboy 2\u003c\/i\u003e. -- John Morton, University of Greenwich * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining, refreshing, and genuinely informative book that has reinvigorated my appreciation of Victorian poetry and sent me running to my poetry bookshelf with a renewed hunger. … An enjoyable and effortless read. -- Sarah Parker, Loughborough University, UK * Victorian Poetry in Context *\u003cbr\u003eThe [Bloomsbury \u003ci\u003eTexts and Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e] series aims to introduce students to literature that they may not have encountered before, and to encourage them to read intelligently and enjoy the experience. In this, the energy and clarity of Miles’s writing enables her to succeed … The reader of this book will encounter a wide variety of Victorian poetry and of critical approaches to it, including feminism, queer theory and post-colonialism, and should be encouraged by it to go on to read more widely. -- Peter Faulkner * The Journal of William Morris Studies *\u003cbr\u003eRosie Miles' energetically argued book takes the form of a reliable, enthusing and lively guide for students of Victorian poetry . . . Accessible and illuminating in [its] contextual perspective, it goes on to offer a number of detailed readings of key texts which are adroitly framed and informative . . . Can be confidently placed in the hands of all students and admirers of Victorian poetry -- Roger Ebbatson, Lancaster University, UK * The Tennyson Society research bulletin, 10:3 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface \\ Part I: Contexts \\ 1. Social and Cultural Contexts \\ 2. Literary Contexts \\ Review, Reading and Research \\ Part II: Texts \\ 3. Readings of Key Texts \\ Review, Reading and Research \\ Part III: Wider contexts \\ 4. Critical Contexts \\ 5. The Afterlife of Victorian Poetry \\ Review, Reading and Research \\ Bibliography and Sources \\ Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768201052503,"sku":"9780826437679","price":30.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826437679.jpg?v=1758716827","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/victorian-poetry-in-context-by-rosie-miles-published-august-2013-9780826437679","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}