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Andover-harvard Rheouxhcal Library Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright, 1895, Br VIDA D. SCUDDER.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. V. S. A. Electrotyped and Printed by II. O. Houghton & Co.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
I. SCIENCE AND THE MODERN POETS ... 5
1. The Might Of Science 6
Democracy, Science and Art .... 5
Evolution as Theme 8
Evolution as Influence 12
2. The Force-idea 14
Force in the Poetry of Nature .... 14
Force in the Poetry of Character . . .22
Force in the Poetry of Thought ... 26
3. The Unity-idea 28
The Idea Absent 28
The Idea Present and Justified . . . .31
4. The Realistic Temper 37
Subjection to the Actual . . . . .37
Reverence for Law 41
Passion for Fact ....... 43
5. Dangers And Safeguards .... 51
II. WORDSWORTH AND THE NEW DEMOCRACY . 57
Exponent of the New Order .... 57
"Lyrical Ballads" and its Promise . . .00
The Experience of Wordsworth a Prophetic
Summary ....... 04
Loyalty and Despondency 08
Wordsworth and a Social Democracy . . 73
Wordsworth and Modern Industry . . .78
Wordsworth and Carlyle ..... 83
Wordsworth, Ruskin, and Morris . . .87
Wordsworth and the Modern Socialists . . 90
Phases of the Social Renaissance . . .92
III. IDEALS OF REDEMPTION, MEDIAEVAL AND
MODERN 96
Dante. Spenser, and Shelley .... 96
Parallels in the Poems 101
The Problems 104
The Protagonists . ." 108
Ethical Scope 112
The Symbols of Salvation 119
The Ideals of Triumph 133
Freedom Spiritual and Freedom Natural . . 139
IV. THE NEW RENAISSANCE 145
1. Modern Reversions 145
The Power of the Past 145
The Renaissance, Old and New .... 149
The Periods Chosen 153
2. Neo-paganism 156
The Esthetic Attraction 158
The Ethical Attraction 162
The Spiritual Attraction .... 164
The Result 169
3. The Mediaeval Revival 172
The Banishment of Eros 172
Asceticism, Chivalry, and their Modern Interpre-
ters 175
Attraction and Repulsion 178
4. The Spirit Op The Renaissance . . . 185
iEsthetie Naturalism 187
jEstheticism and Dissatisfaction . . . 190
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche . . . 195
5. The Outcome 196
V. BROWNING AS A HUMORIST . . . .201
Mephisto and Idealist 201
From Wholes to Parts . . . . . .206
The Development of Humor in Browning . 209
Grotesque Art in Browning ..... 214
Ironic Art in Browning ..... 218
Mockery of Truth 223
Mockery of Love 227
Comparisons: Clough, Byron, Swift, Cervantes,
Rabelais 230
Idealist and Mephisto 234 VI. THE POETRY OF SEARCH 239
1. Victorian Poetry 239
The Conditions 241
The Men 243
The Quest 244
2. The Poets Of Doubt 247
Matthew Arnold 247
Arthur Hugh Clough 265
3. The Poets Of Art 269
The ^Esthetic Reaction 269
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 271
William Morris 274
Algernon Charles Swinburne .... 278
4. Tennyson And "In Memoriam "... 281
The Modern Soul 281
The Modern Method 284
The Venture of Faith 290
5. Decadence Or Promise? 292
VH. THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT . . .297
1. The Vision Attained 297
2. The Faith Of The Poets Of The Revolution 301
Verse Contemplative 301
The Contemplation of Nature .... 306
Nature the Shadow of God .... 309
The Spirit the Life-Giver 315
3. The Faith Of The Victorian Poets . . 317
Verse Militant 317
The Analysis of Man 319
The Conquest of Immortality .... 321
The Cry for Redemption .... 327
Christ the Revealer 332
4. The Witness Of The Spirit .... 341