Form and Faith in Victorian Poetry and Religion

by Kirstie Blair

Kirstie Blair explores Victorian poetry in relation to Victorian religion, with particular emphasis on the bitter contemporary debates over the use of forms in worship. She argues that poetry made significant contributions to these debates, not least through its formal structures. By assessing the discourses of church architecture and liturgy in the first half of the book, Form and Faith in Victorian Poetry and Religion demonstrates that Victorian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199644500
• ISBN13: 9780199644506
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"