Varieties of Fervour: Portraits of Victorian and Edwardian PoetsUniversity of Salzburg, 1996 - 143 pages Varieties of Fervour: portraits of the Victorian and Edwardian Poets is based on lectures given by Brian Louis Pearce at the National Portrait Gallery, London. He writes as a poet of forty years experience and as a former Examiner for the Library Association, his principal aim being to establish what makes these poets - some extremely 'fashionable', some less so - worth the attention of today's reader. He sets out their main aims and achievements, and traces the key events in their lives, seeking to isolate what it is that makes them 'themselves'. The book features profiles of each poet, with introductory and linking material, a brief discussion of 'fervour', and an appraisal of 'The Romantic Inheritance'. |
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