Reviews for The Poorhouse fugitives

The average rating for The Poorhouse fugitives based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-02-28 00:00:00 Rusty Rose A comprehensive collection of poems, including well-known names and obscure, forgotten authors. Still rooted in the Romantic trend, Victorian poetry tackles more mature and disillusioned themes through careful psychological exploration.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-26 00:00:00 Robert Whyte British poetry from Wordsworth through Yeats and Belloc. This is a delightful selection of the best of Victorian poetry and includes some gems such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese and George Meredith's Modern Love. Ranging from the late Romantic period to the brink of high modernism, there is a generous sampling of poems by: -- William Wordsworth -- Robert Browning -- Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Emily Bronte -- Christina Rossetti -- Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Thomas Hardy -- William Butler Yeats -- and many other Victorian poets This volume also includes such poem sequences in their entirety as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese, George Meredith's Modern Love, and Augusta Webster's Mother and Daughter. With an illuminating Introduction, cross-referencing indexes, and complete biographical and textual notes, The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse is the ideal anthology for general readers and students alike.