Biography EssayOne of the dominant figures of late-Victorian and early-twentieth-century British poetry, poet laureate of England from 1913 to 1930, Robert Bridges became best known in his day and is ...
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One of the dominant figures of late Victorian and early twentieth-century British poetry, poet laureate of England from 1913 to 1930, Robert Bridges became best known in his day and is known in ours...
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Robert Seymour Bridges is known primarily as a lyric poet and as the author of the long philosophical poem The Testament of Beauty (1929). His major concern, poetry, dominates his essays, thirty of wh...
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In the following review of the Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, the poet's verse is positively described as “slow-moving” and underscored with a “dreamy languor.”
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In the following essay, Beum argues against the modern opinion that Bridges's poetry is merely concerned with “flowers” and meter rather than with serious and complicated ideas.
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In the following essay, Stanford suggests that while Bridges was actively interested in the free verse movement of much younger poets such as Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound, the older poet nevertheless hel...
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In the following excerpt, Stanford examines Bridges's shorter poems, sonnets, and philosophical poems, and concludes that these works display a complexity and attention to poetic craft that is ...
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In the following review of The Testament of Beauty, Porter asserts that the poem reflects Bridges's belief that humanity and nature are “interdependent” and that they are “...
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In the following review of The Testament of Beauty, Walton describes the poem as Bridges's attempt to reevaluate his beliefs in beauty and human spirituality in the face of a society that has c...
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In the following excerpt, Williams praises Bridges's lyric poetry, asserting that it succeeds in communicating both the ideals and physical existence of such abstractions as beauty and joy.
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In the following review of The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, Walton contends that while Bridges was not an innovative poet, he was in fact “a marvelous technician,” especially in rega...
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In the following essay, De Selincourt describes the central theme in Bridges's poetry as the beauty of nature and compares Bridges's treatment of this theme with that of other poets such...
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In the following excerpt, Beach observes that Bridges's poetry reflects his training as a physician as well as his conservative Victorian background.
It is Robert Bridges who has the most to...
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In the following excerpt, Weygandt describes Bridges as a talented but nevertheless minor poet whose works can best be understood and appreciated after four or more readings.
There has never been a...
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In the following excerpt, Fairchild characterizes Bridges as a “noble bore” whose poetry reflects a central concern for preserving Victorian values and beliefs.
How highly we value th...
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