Poetical remains : poets' graves, bodies, and books in the nineteenth century / Samantha Matthews.

Author/creator Matthews, Samantha
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Descriptionx, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
English poetry--19th century. --History and criticism.
Death in literature.
Authors and readers--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Poets, English--19th century. --Tombs.
Poets, English--19th century. --Death.
Human body in literature.
Cemeteries in literature.
Poets in literature.
Dead in literature.

Contents Reading the poet's grave with Rossetti -- 'Nothing but dust': resurrecting Burns -- 'The grave of a poetess' -- Bringing home Keats and Shelley -- Wordsworth in 'The churchyard among the mountains' -- Thomas Hood in the cemetery -- Poets' Corner, Browning, and the hero as poet -- 'The last chapter': Alfred Lord Tennyson and the red, white, and blue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index.
LCCN 2004301647
ISBN019925463X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR585.D42 M38 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold