PART I

THE MANNER OF VICTORIAN POETRY

I. THE POET AND HIS AGE 17

II. DICTION IN ENGLISH POETRY 22

III. THE PROBLEMS OF THE VICTORIANS 54

IV. TENNYSON’S DICTION 71

V. BROWNING’S DICTION 92

VI. TENNYSON’S INFLUENCE--THE DICTION OF ARNOLD, ROSSETTI, MORRIS AND SWINBURNE 102

VII. BROWNING’S INFLUENCE--R. H. HORNE--ALFRED DOMETT--T. E. BROWN--COVENTRY PATMORE 142

VIII. CONCLUSION OF PART I 155