Poetry of the Victorian Era
- Course Code
- ENAM 0420
- Course Type
- Tutorials
- Subject Credit
- Course Availability
The course explores the development of English Poetry in the Victorian era, from its beginnings in the wake of the Romantic movement, through a variety of modes, types and genres, up to the fin-de-siecle. Poets are read both for intrinsic literary merit and for an appreciation of the wider culture of the time.
Sample Topics
- Scott, Lay of the Last Minstrel
- Tennyson, In Memoriam, Idylls of the King
- Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
- Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market
- Hopkins, selected verse
- Hardy, selected verse
- Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol