Victorian poetry, Europe, and the challenge of cosmopolitanism
By: Christopher M. Keirstead
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780814211601
Subjects: Cosmopolitanism in literature; History and criticism; English poetry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Arnold, Europe, and the (future) destinations of Victorian poetry; title: Letter from Europe : the epistolary interventions of Clough's Amours de voyage; title: Barrett Browning and the spaces of cosmofeminism : from Casa Guidi windows to "Mother and poet"; title: Browning at the border : Red cotton night-cap country; title: Bodies in translation : Swinburne's Poems and ballads and the Fleshly School of cosmopolitanism; title: Affinity versus isolation : cosmopolitanism and the racial dynamics of Morris's Europe; title: Europe in perspective : the dynasts; title: Conclusion : "Argosies of magic sails" : cosmopolitan dreams and challenges.