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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--NARRATIVE
POETRY--MACAULAY--MORRIS--POETIC DRAMA 164

III. “THE IDYLLS OF THE KING”--TENNYSON’S
CRITICS--HIS METHOD--A DEBATABLE ELEMENT IN
TENNYSON’S WORK--MORAL JUDGMENT IN
POETRY--TENNYSON’S PUBLIC AUTHORITY 176

IV. THE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER IN VICTORIAN
POETRY--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