Victorian Poets

"This Volume has been specially designed for the benefit of undergraduate students pursuing an honours course in English. It contains the authoritative text of the poems of Tennyson, Browning and Christina Rossetti. The poems have been extensively annotated, with additional critical comments wherever necessary. This handy anthology also includes an introduction, that enables the reader to place the poets within the 'Victorian' context. It analyses individual poems, using new readings in a non-jargonistic, lucid manner. Five critical essays have been included, offering the reader an insight into some of the latest criticism. The essays are: Terrence Holt, """"Men sell not such in any town': Exchange in Goblin Market."" Janet Calligiani Casey, ""The Potential of Sisterhood: Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market."" Carl Plasa, """"Cracked from Side to Side': Sexual Politics in The Lady of Shalott."" Isobel Armstrong, """"A Music of Thine Own:' Women's Poetry expressive Tradition."" an Jennifer A. Wagner Lawlor, ""The Pragmatics of Silence, and the Figuration of the Reader in Browning's Dramatic Monologues."" This volume provides a detailed reading list for further referencing. DR. SUROOPA MUKHERJEE, is a Reader at Hindu College, Delhi University."