Realms of Verse 1830-1870 English Poetry in a Time of Nation-Building
Produktdetaljer
Reynolds reads with penetrating freshness in the intricate verbal patterns of the poetry. Realms of Verse is an important contribution to the close scrutiny of mid-nineteenth century poetry.
Review of English Studies
This is an important book, and has much to say to a contemporary critical readership still hooked on a relentlessly politicized poetics.
Notes and Queries
Through meticulous and engaging close-readings, Reynolds offers excellent insights into the significance of contrasting poetic textures and techniques.
English Historical Review
Attentive deftness alone makes the book worth reading.
The Tennyson Research Bulletin
The core of Matthew Reynold's book is a series of close readings of major poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Arthur Hugh Clough, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson. These readings are often brilliant - the closer the better. On metre, rhyme, enjambment, turn of phrase, Reynolds is acute and persuasive. The best critics, like the best poets (in Browning's words) "impart the gift of seeing to the rest". Reynolds has this gift of seeing and imparting.
Daniel Karlin, Times Literary Supplement