Influence and Resistance in Nineteenth-century English Poetry

To what extent is the distinction between "Romantic" and "Victorian" valuable or just?

Is the Romantic/Victorian demarcation merely a conveniance for the sake of the curriculum?

How is the quarrel among different strains of Romanticism continued and developed in the Victorian period?

In what ways did the Romantic poets establish the terms within which, or against which, Victorian poets were debating?

How do Victorian texts interact with, echo or resist Romantic texts?;This volume of original essays addresses these questions.

It also demonstrates how well the Romantics thought, and with what ferocious dilligence the Victorians explored, resisted and reworked the Romantic vision.

G. Kim Blank is the author of "Wordsworth's Influence on Shelley: A Study of Poetic Authority" and editor of "The New Shelley: Later Twentieth-Century Views".

Margot K. Louis is the author of "Swinburne and His Gods: The Roots and Growth of an Agnostic Poetry".