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The Heart in Victorian Poetry
Author(s) -
Blair Kirstie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00009.x
Subject(s) - poetry , literature , psychology , art
This article argues for the importance of heart imagery in Victorian poetry, and briefly outlines how changes in the conception of the heart – both as a physical organ and as a poetic image – are intimately linked to contemporary anxieties about feeling and emotional expression.