<p><b>This <i>Companion</i> brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it.</b></p> <ul> <li>Approaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems</li> <li>Demonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts.</li> <li>Explores the relationships between work by different poets</li> <li>Recalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect</li> <li>Essays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory</li> <li>Considers Victorian women poets in every chapter</li> </ul>
