Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the
Victorian era by a renowned scholar. The selection includes a
range of canonical and lesser known writers Skilfully conveys
the breadth and diversity of nineteenth-century poetry Offers an
ideal balance of canonical and less well-known writers Allows
readers to explore the poetry of the Victorian era, through the
eyes of one of the most renowned scholars in the field Poets
covered include Matthew Arnold, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, A. H. Clough, G. M.
Hopkins, Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, D. G. Rossetti, A. C.
Swinburne, Arthur Symons, Alfred Tennyson, Oscar Wilde Professor
Richard Cronin lectures in nineteenth-century literature in the
department of English Literature at the University of Glasgow.
His publications include 1798: The Year of the Lyrical Ballads
(1998), The Politics of Romantic Poetry: In Search of the Pure
Commonwealth (2000), RomanticVictorians: English Literature,
18241840 (2000