Lamenting the decay of critical authority in his time, the Poet Laureate sets out what makes poetry great. Papers compare Milton with Dante and Byron with Wordsworth, consider the feminine note in English poetry, Dante’s treatment of women and the ideal, the relation of poetry and pessimism, and close with a vindication of Tennyson.
Conservative Victorian criticism, interesting for its strong views and its range of poets. Download the free EPUB.