Study Notes on ENG 366: Victorian and Edwardian Poetry

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Study Notes on ENG 366: Victorian and Edwardian Poetry evaluates the achievements of English verse-writers from 1830 to 1890, beginning from Alfred Tennyson to Robert Browning. It looks at the changes in intellectual as well as poetic lines necessitated by socio-political, economic and cultural factors within the period. Other poets studied include Matthew Arnold, Hood, Chesterton, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Houseman and the Pre-Raphaelites. Their connection with the Romantic Movement is also be emphasized. Attention is paid to the following:

1. Socio-political and historical background to the poems;
2. Factors that influenced the writings of these poets;
3. Connection of the poets of this period with the poets before them—the Romantic poets and
4. Theme, form / structure and language.