Download or read book The Crimean War in Victorian Poetry written by Tai-Chun Ho and published by Peter Lang UK. This book was released on 2021 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study to examine the predicaments and achievements of mid-Victorian war poets. Confronted with news of suffering soldiers during the Crimean War (1854-6), these 'armchair poets' engaged with the politics of war by composing lines of verse at home, reworking established traditions of war poetry.