Escapism in Victorian poetry

The present thesis focuses on escapism in Victorian Poetry, asrepresenting one of its major thematic concerns reified in a number of literarytexts belonging to such authors as Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins and others. Inrelation to this major aim of our research, in Chapter 1, entitled The Conditionof Victorian Poetry, we have attempted at discussing Victorian poetry in EnglishLiterature taking into consideration the dominance of Realistic fiction in theage, the continuation of Romantic features and the gaining patronage of its ownstatus. Chapter 2, entitled Escapism in Victorian Poetry on the Thematic Level,discusses those literary concerns, motives, points of view, spatial and temporalscenes, etc. that marked the consolidation of the idea of refuge as a majorthematic component in Victorian Poetry. Chapter 3, entitled Escapism inVictorian Poetry on the Structural Level, brings into discussion those structuraldevises, such as dramatic monologue, imagery, multiple identities, etc. thatmake possible the expression, through the poetic form, of the idea of refuge inVictorian Poetry.