A Reader's Guide to the Narrative and Lyric Poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes

A Reader's Guide to the Narrative and Lyric Poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Author: Rodney Edgecombe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1443884057

Beddoes poses a peculiar problem for critics and scholars who wish to redress the marginal position that he occupies in the Romantic canon – a problem seemingly unique to him, and created in part by his misconception of his own strengths as a writer. An extremely good poet who, had things turned out differently, might have functioned as a missing link between Keats and Tennyson, he fatally divided his attention between verse and medicine, a discipline that by his own admission (made in the poem composed for Zoë King) served to wither his creative gift. This fission of energy was bad enough, but more damaging still was his misconception of metier, for whatever mental resources remained to Beddoes after gruelling days in the classroom he invested in writing an unstageable drama instead of in his primary gift for lyric verse. Whereas the Beddoes revival that has been gathering momentum in recent years has centred on Death's Jest-Book, the play onto which the poet directed – some might say ‘misdirected’ – so much of his creative energy, this study focuses wholly on his lyric and narrative verse, much of which has received short critical shrift. It follows the sequence of poems set out in the Donner edition, and focuses on their verbal richness and inventiveness as they unspool upon the page.

Poems by the Late Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Author of Death's Jest-Book Or the Fool's Tragedy

Poems by the Late Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Author of Death's Jest-Book Or the Fool's Tragedy
Author: Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019411827

This collection of poems by the late Thomas Lovell Beddoes is a must-read for anyone interested in classic English literature. Beddoes' unique style, blending Gothic and Romantic themes, sets his poetry apart and makes it as relevant now as when it was written. This edition also includes a memoir of Beddoes' life, providing context to his work. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Author: Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107652448

First published in 1932, this book contains a selection of the poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes edited by renowned English author, poet and classicist Frank Laurence Lucas. A detailed editorial introduction is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Beddoes and Lucas.

The Romantic Poetry Handbook

The Romantic Poetry Handbook
Author: Michael O'Neill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118308719

An absorbing survey of poetry written in one of the most revolutionary eras in the history of British literature This comprehensive survey of British Romantic poetry explores the work of six poets whose names are most closely associated with the Romantic era—Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Keats, Byron, and Shelley—as well as works by other significant but less widely studied poets such as Leigh Hunt, Charlotte Smith, Felicia Hemans, and Letitia Elizabeth Landon. Along with its exceptional coverage, the volume is alert to relevant contexts, and opens up ways of understanding Romantic poetry. The Romantic Poetry Handbook encompasses the entire breadth of the Romantic Movement, beginning with Anna Laetitia Barbauld and running through to Thomas Lovell Beddoes and John Clare. In its central section ‘Readings’ it explores tensions, change, and continuity within the Romantic Movement, and examines a wide range of individual poems and poets through sensitive, attentive and accessible analyses. In addition, the authors provide a full introduction, a detailed historical and cultural timeline, biographies of the poets whose works are featured in the “Readings” section, and a helpful guide to further reading. The Romantic Poetry Handbook is an ideal text for undergraduate and postgraduate study of British Romantic poetry. It also will appeal to every reader with an interest in the Romantics and in poetry generally.