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Poetry of the 1890s
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- GenresPoetry
368 pages, Paperback
First published November 26, 1970
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July 20, 2012
I’m trying to develop my steampunk sensibilities. However, Professor Elemental aside, I’m not entirely drawn to the spoiled rich inventor/explorer archetype, which is a bit of a handicap. Putting it mildly. I’m hankering more after the punk, and punk, as I understand it, is intrinsically a lot poorer and a lot more anti establishment.
What, you may reasonably ask, does this have to do with a poetry collection?
I bought this book whilst doing Victorian Lit at college, a long, long time ago. As the title suggests, it covers the 1890s, an exciting period in terms of social change and upheaval, a growing women’s movement, and end of century angst. It’s the era that gave us most of the classic Victorian horror, too.
What I like about this collection is the sense of voice and different perspectives. Fragments of world views and attitudes captured in verse. It’s funny, insightful, it captures the tension between artifice and nature, between Darwin and religion, past and future, male and female. It’s very readable, interesting to dip in and out of.
Poetry shouldn’t just be read for a window on a time, though, or as an academic interpretation puzzle. There are good words and neat ideas here, well worth enjoying for their own sake. And plenty of dissent, subversion and mischief, for those who want a bit more punk to go with their steam.
What, you may reasonably ask, does this have to do with a poetry collection?
I bought this book whilst doing Victorian Lit at college, a long, long time ago. As the title suggests, it covers the 1890s, an exciting period in terms of social change and upheaval, a growing women’s movement, and end of century angst. It’s the era that gave us most of the classic Victorian horror, too.
What I like about this collection is the sense of voice and different perspectives. Fragments of world views and attitudes captured in verse. It’s funny, insightful, it captures the tension between artifice and nature, between Darwin and religion, past and future, male and female. It’s very readable, interesting to dip in and out of.
Poetry shouldn’t just be read for a window on a time, though, or as an academic interpretation puzzle. There are good words and neat ideas here, well worth enjoying for their own sake. And plenty of dissent, subversion and mischief, for those who want a bit more punk to go with their steam.
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