"[T]o travesty or to calumniate the Victorians is still such a cheap holiday."
— Christopher Ricks

January 1, 1970

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Literary criticsUniversity of Oxford alumniFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureUniversity of Bristol facultyBoston University faculty
Original Language: English

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1987) Introduction (p. xxv)

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1987) Introduction (p. xxv)