Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry

''I am inclined to think that we want new forms . . . as well as thoughts'', confessed Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning in 1845. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry provides a closely-read appreciation of the vibrancy and variety of Victorian poetic forms, and attends to poems as both shaped and shaping forces. The volume is divided into four main sections. The first section on ''Form'' lo...