Narrative Matters: Keynote Address, "Forms and Fashions: A Conference in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Victorian Poetry".

Hughes, Linda K.; Literary criticism; 19th century English poetry; Historiography of criticism; British literature; Poetry studies; Education

The article presents a speech by scholar Linda K. Hughes, delivered at the April 2013 conference entitled “Victorian Poetry: Forms and Fashions: A Conference in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of 'Victorian Poetry.'" Topics of the speech included the history of the field of British Victorian poetry scholarship, the use of poetry criticism in the classroom, and the rise of scholarship focused on women authors and poets from throughout the British Commonwealth.