Tennyson and Mid-Victorian Publishing: Moxon, Poetry, Commerce

This book examines how Tennyson’s career was mediated, organized, and directed by the publishing industry.

With a focus on neglected archival material, it explores the scale and distribution of Tennyson’s book sales in Britain and America, as well as the commercial logic of publishing poetry.

The author also examines how illustrated gift books and visual culture promoted and interrogated the Poet Laureate and his life.

As a major publisher, Edward Moxon played a crucial role in Tennyson’s rise to fame and influenced how the Victorian public experienced the poetry of the Romantic period.

This book provides a comprehensive reevaluation of Moxon’s role and how he repackaged poetry for the Victorian public.