Victorian pre-modernist and modernist poetry

Lucrare de licenta despre Victorian pre-modernist and modernist poetry
The literary work of the period was affected by modern schools of thought. The ideas of positive philosophy also found their way into poetry where, however, they combined with elements of the romantic tradition, never quite extinct in England until the close of the century. In this sense the art of Tennyson can be called transitional, in its endeavour to blend roAZmantic soaring above the commonplace and a romantic treatment of the commonAZplace -- with problems strictly belonging to the epoch and necessarily touched with its prose.

In his first poetical ventures Tennyson excells in word-painting, in melody and euphony. His themes are frequently borrowed from an idealised past (comprisAZing medieval England and classical antiquity) and from present-day scenes. In his poem The Princess, for example, a fantastic setting is used to inculcate modern ideas of female emancipation and learning.Tennyson is at his best in lyrical poetry, ever fresh with spontaneous feeling, with admiration and understanding of everything that is lovely in the life of nature and the heart. Unfortunately, Tennyson early began to entertain the belief that his was the task of teaching his own generation, and those to follow, a new outlook, a new lesson of morality, and the didactic purpose he set to himself, mostly rather specifically Victorian, took a great deal away from the immediate charm of his lyrical impulse.

Lucrare de licenta despre Victorian pre-modernist and modernist poetry

Lucrare de licenta despre Victorian pre-modernist and modernist poetry
Cuprins

Introduction..............................................3

Chapter I. Preliminaries To Poetry...................................9

Chapter II. A Survey On Victorian Pre-Modernist and Modernist Poetry...............................................16
2.1. A Historical Approach To Poetry..................................16
2.2. The Victorian Poetry........................................19

Conclusion..................................................53

Bibliography.............................................57

Appendix............................................58