Back to the future: Lionel Trilling, "The Scholar-Gipsy," and the state of Victorian poetry.

From: Victorian Poetry | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: Rampton, David | Copyright information

Now that both a new generation of Victorianists and a group of senior scholars have had their say in the "Whither Victorian poetry?" debate, an outsider's view of some of the issues raised might prove useful. Many specialists in contiguous areas have worked on the poetry and are curious about how it might be studied in the twenty-first century. In what follows, I consider some of the implications of what has been discussed and suggest some background reading for those involved. Giv...

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