In the literary world popularity is not a necessary criterion for importance. However, whether because of a poet's subject or the manner in which he treats it, popularity can reveal something about a ...
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During the 1850s and 1860s Coventry Patmore was one of the most admired and influential of Victorian poets. The Angel in the House (1858) received critical acclaim, sold more than a quarter of a milli...
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In the following essay, De Vere provides a stylistic and thematic overview of the first two volumes of The Angel in the House.
During the first quarter of the present century the most popular of ou...
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In the following essay, Grafe considers Patmore's connections to Gerard Manley Hopkins and Alice Meynell and evaluates Patmore's place within the context of nineteenth-century British ve...
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In the following essay, Fontana underscores the influence of the Catholic author Blaise Pascal and his use of extended astronomical metaphors on Patmore's poetry.
In Victories of Love, writt...
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In the following essay, Garvin traces Patmore's poetic maturation and deems The Unknown Eros to be “a rich and singular addition to the treasure of English poetry.”
The few to ...
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In the following essay, Haddow considers the reasons for the critical and popular neglect of Patmore's verse.
The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Coventry Patmore (July 23, 1823) h...
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In the following essay, Fleming reflects on Patmore's fleeting popularity as a poet as well as his limited appeal to readers and critics.
He who would study Patmore, the somewhat neglected a...
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In the following excerpt, which was initially published in 1933, Evans offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of Patmore's verse.
The Pre-Raphaelites developed and exploited a fresh elemen...
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In the following essay, originally published in Italian in 1952, Praz explores the metaphysical elements of The Angel in the House.
He thinks of writing a poem to be the poem of the age.
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In the following essay, Weinig offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of Patmore's early poetry.
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A significant step on Coventry Patmore's way from new poet t...
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In the following essay, Hartnell considers the portrayal of women in Patmore's poetry.
Most of the critical work currently available on Coventry Patmore was produced before 1957 and by a pre...
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In the following essay, Fisher examines Patmore's use of the supernatural in his poetry.
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Coventry Patmore, the Laureate of domesticity and married love, the realist poet, a purveyor of sup...
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Critical Review by Aubrey De Vere
