The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle

by Cecil Y. Lang

Book Overview

This useful volume presents the major works of the five leading Pre-Raphaelite poets. Foremost in the collection, and included in their entirety are D. G. Rossetti's The House of Life, C. G. Rossetti's "Monna Innominata," William Morris's "Defence of Guenevere," Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon, and Meredith's "Modern Love." Complementing these major poems is a fine, generous selection of the poets' shorter pieces that are typical of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226468666
• ISBN13: 9780226468662
• Release Date: September 1975
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 571 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"

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I have been using this book in my course on Victorian pictures and writing for over twenty years. It is exceptional in the extensiveness of its contents, the accuracy of its texts, and the suggestive richness of its notes. This is one of the finest anthologies of mid-Victorian poetry now available.