Called by John Henry Newman the "true and primary author" of the Oxford or Tractarian Movement, John Keble was also the author of the single most popular volume of verse in the nineteenth century, T...
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More than any other single figure associated with the religious movements of nineteenth-century England, John Keble was regarded by his contemporaries as something close to a saint. John Henry Newman ...
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In the following excerpt, Coleridge recounts the early publication history of Keble's The Christian Year.
Keble returned to a home sadly changed by the death of his sister. I do not think that ...
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In the following essay, Griffin provides a thematic analysis of The Christian Year, explaining the purpose behind Keble's collection of religious poetry.
The Christian Year was first published ...
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In the following essay, Shairp provides a summary of Keble's participation in the Oxford Movement and a critical analysis of The Christian Year.
The closing chapter of Lockhart's “...
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In the following essay, Warren studies Keble's poetic theory as explicated in his Praelectiones Academicae. Warren observes that for Keble the basic function of poetry is as a psychological and...
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In the following essay, Martin probes William Wordsworth's impact on Keble's poetry.
Keble had been introduced to Wordsworth's poetry, when he was a young undergraduate at Corpus ...
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In the following essay, Tennyson discusses the influence of Keble's The Christian Year and Lectures on Poetry in Victorian England.
Every season Nature converts me from some unloving heresy, an...
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In the following essay, Tennyson summarizes Tractarian aesthetics and its emphasis on “the religious character of poetry” as exemplified in Keble's verse.
Among the many aspects o...
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In the following essay, Tennyson evaluates the structure and poetic style of The Christian Year, a work he regards as a “practical application of Tractarian poetics.”
Now through her rou...
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In the following essay, Gilley considers Keble's place as the leading poet of the Victorian High Church revival.
Among the more attractive figures from the English past are the clergy scholars ...
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In the following essay, Goodwin interprets Keble's aesthetic theory in relation to the Romantic Tradition, arguing that Keble's poetry is ignored by that tradition. Goodwin goes on to en...
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John Keble
