Arthur Hugh Clough: Selected PoemsPsychology Press, 2003 - 240 Seiten This book presents a selection of the full range of Arthur Hugh Clough's poetry, which explores the tensions of a time of radical changes in the religious, political, and literary landscape. It also includes a detailed introduction and annotations by Shirley Chew.Asked what problems most perplexed 'young men at present' Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) replied 'a growing sense of discrepancy'. His wry and wise poetry explores the tensions of a time of radical changes in the religious, political and literary landscape. He has a sharp eye for absurdity. Clough was a writer of wide interests and liberal sympathies, vividly idiomatic and sensuous, delighting in the detail and variety of everyday life. His technical dexterity is a delight: the poems encompass satire and lyric, dialogue, plot and contemporary reference. His narrative poem he Bothie ofTober-Na-Vuolich and the epistolary Amours de Voyage have the momentum and social precision of novels, capturing a precise image of the Victorian world of the 1840s. This volume includes a generous selection of the full range of Clough's poetry, with a detailed introduction and annotations by Shirley Chew. |
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Introduction | 9 |
A Note on the Text | 35 |
Dutythats to say complying | 41 |
The Latest Decalogue | 51 |
It fortifies my soul to know | 57 |
Ye flags of Piccadilly | 63 |
AMOURS DE VOYAGE | 127 |
from DIPSYCHUS | 211 |
127 | 237 |