PART II

THE MATERIAL OF VICTORIAN POETRY

I. INTELLECTUAL FASHIONS 159

II. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE POETRY--NARRATIVE POETRY--MACAULAY--MORRIS--POETIC DRAMA 164

III. “THE IDYLLS OF THE KING”--TENNYSON’S CRITICS--HIS METHOD--A DEBATABLE ELEMENT IN TENNYSON’S WORK--MORAL JUDGMENT IN POETRY--TENNYSON’S PUBLIC AUTHORITY 176

IV. THE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER IN VICTORIAN POETRY--THE OCCASIONAL ELEMENT--MRS. BROWNING--CHRISTINA ROSSETTI--FITZGERALD--SPIRITUAL ECSTASY 209

V. LOVE POETRY AND THE VICTORIAN USE OF NATURE 221

VI. CONCLUSION 230

INDEX 233