Victorian Poetry: An Anthology

A fresh, comprehensive, and balanced new anthology of Victorian poetry, edited by expert scholars in the field.

“A gifted pair of luminaries within the recent ascendancy of Victorian poetry studies have created an anthology that will open the field further to the next generation. This teaching edition is remarkable for its generosity: in the chosen roster of poets and poems, with online annex to boot; in discerning headnotes and judicious annotation; in a breadth of layout that lets many a longer-limbed poem have (at last!) its unfettered say clear across the page.” — Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia

“Erik Gray and Veronica Alfano’s capacious, thoughtfully considered new anthology of Victorian poetry is a gift to classroom teachers and students. Wisely curating which poems to include in print, and which in an online companion anthology, they still make room in print for the complete sonnet sequences of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Meredith, D.G. Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, and Augusta Webster, plus the entirety of In Memoriam. They also take care to update the field with their inclusion of colonial poets of color. Gray and Alfano’s anthology will long be an indispensable classroom text.” — Linda K. Hughes, Texas Christian University

“This is an exciting and important anthology, and its impressively rich and diverse selection of poets and poems maintains a fresh and powerful approach to expanding the field without losing sight of cohesiveness and depth. A major contribution to Victorian poetry studies.” — Alison Chapman, University of Victoria

The first new anthology of its kind in 20 years, Victorian Poetry provides generous selections of poetry both by well-known Victorian poets (Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti) and by writers who have received less critical attention (Constance Naden, Toru Dutt, Grace Aguilar). Detailed annotations, substantial biographies, and an introduction outlining major literary and historical trends of the Victorian period ensure that the anthology will be useful both for specialists and for students encountering these poems for the first time. A companion website features additional poetry, selections of critical prose, and five appendices that group together poems related by genre, geography, or subject.

• | Author: Erik Gray, Veronica Alfano
• | Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781554816125
• | ISBN-10: 1554816122