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- Title
On Peacocks: Feathered Re-encounters in the 1890s.
- Authors
Llewellyn, Mark
- Abstract
In the article, the author discusses the influence of peacocks in poetry writing during the early 20th century, particularly how the literal and metaphorical peacock slaughtering impacted the poetry and culture of the fin de siecle. Also cited is the depiction of the peacock in the works of poets like Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Lord Alfred Tennyson.
- Subjects
PEAFOWL; BIRDS in literature; POETRY (Literary form); TURN of the century (19th-20th century); ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894; HOPKINS, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2023, Vol 61, Issue 2, p225
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2023.a907681