Victorian literature, 1830-1900 /

This new anthology emphasizes Victorian nonfiction prose and verse with a generous, fresh selection of pieces from authors within the canon as well as outside of it

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mermin, Dorothy, 1936-, Tucker, Herbert F
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth, TX : Harcourt College Publishers, c2002
Fort Worth, TX : [2002]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical and cultural contexts. The condition of England ; Faith, doubt, and knowledge ; Gender and sexuality ; Empire and travel ; The function of poetry
  • Authors. John Keble (1792-1866) ; Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) ; Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) ; James Dawson Burn (1801?-1889?) ; John Henry Newman (1801-1890) ; William Barnes (1801-1886) ; Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) ; John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) ; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) ; Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) ; Charles Darwin (1809-1882) ; Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) ; Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) ; Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) ; Robert Browning (1812-1889) ; Edward Lear (1812-1888) ; Emily Brontë (1818-1848) ; John Ruskin (1819-1900) ; Victoria (1819-1901) ; Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) ; Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) ; Florentine Nightingale (1820-1910) ; Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) ; Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) ; Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) ; Coventry Patmore (1823-1896) ; Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) ; Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) ; Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) ; George Meredith (1828-1909) ; Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) ; Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) ; Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), (1832-1898) ; William Morris (1834-1896) ; Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) ; Augusta Webster (1837-1894) ; Walter Pater (1839-1894) ; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) ; Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) ; Michael Feld (Katherine Bradley 1846-1914), (Edith Cooper 1862-1913) ; Oscar Fingal O' Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900) ; A. E. Housman (1859-1936) ; Mary Coleridge (1861-1907) ; Amy Levy (1861-1889) ; William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) ; Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) ; Ernest Dowson (1867-1900) ; Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
  • Historical And Cultural Contexts
  • 1 The Condition Of England 3
  • 2. Faith, Doubt, and Knowledge 41
  • 3. Gender and Sexuality 81
  • 4. Empire and Travel 105
  • 5. The Function of Poetry 131
  • / John Keble (1792-1866) 157
  • / Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) 164
  • / Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) 195
  • / James Dawson Burn (1801?-1889?) 207
  • / John Henry Newman (1801-1890) 221
  • / William Barnes (1801-1886) 257
  • / Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) 263
  • / John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) 297
  • / Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 338
  • / Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) 380
  • / Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 488
  • / Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) 514
  • / Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) 523
  • / Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) 534
  • / Robert Browning (1812-1889) 542
  • / Edward Lear (1812-1888) 596
  • / Emily Bronte (1818-1848) 600
  • / John Ruskin (1819-1900) 608
  • / Victoria (1819-1901) 649
  • / Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) 655
  • / Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) 681
  • / Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) 685
  • / Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) 694
  • / Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) 702
  • / Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) 763
  • / Coventry Patmore (1823-1896) 773
  • / Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) 779
  • / Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) 783
  • / Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) 800
  • / George Meredith (1828-1909) 820
  • / Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) 832
  • / Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) 843
  • / Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898) 873
  • / William Morris (1834-1896) 878
  • / Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) 900
  • / Augusta Webster (1837-1894) 929
  • / Walter Pater (1839-1894) 953
  • / Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) 979
  • / Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) 987
  • / Michael Field (Katharine Bradley 1846-1914) (Edith Cooper 1862-1913) 1006
  • / Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900) 1015
  • / A. E. Housman (1859-1936) 1066
  • / Mary Coleridge (1861-1907) 1072
  • / Amy Levy (1861-1889) 1076
  • / William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) 1084
  • / Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) 1087
  • / Ernest Dowson (1867-1900) 1094
  • / Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) 1097.