This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), one of the most distinctive writers of the Victorian period. The edition is the first to place Clough's poetry alongside his critical writings, lectures, letters, and diaries.

INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY NOTE ON THE TEXTS FROM AMBARVALIA Duty that s to say complying Is it true, ye gods, who treat us The human spirits saw I on a day When panting sighs the bosom fill When Israel Came out of Egypt Qui Laborat, Orat Natura Naturans FROM PALSYING SELF-MISTRUST, FROM FEAR LETTER TO JOHN PHILIP GELL (24 NOVEMBER 1844) EPI-STRAUSS-ION FROM A CONSIDERATION OF OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE RETRENCHMENT ASSOCIATION DIARY (15 JULY 1848) LETTER TO THOMAS ARNOLD (16 JULY 1848) THE BOTHIE OF TOPER-NA-FUOSICH: A LONG-VACATION PASTORAL HOMO SUM, NIHIL HUMANI LETTER TO ANNE CLOUGH (30 APRIL 1849) LETTER TO FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE (21 JUNE 1849) AMOURS DE VOYAGE RESIGNATION TO FAUSTUS EASTER DAY EASTER DAY II WHENCE ARE YE, VAGUE DESIRES THE STRUGGLE IN CONTROVERSIAL FOUL IMPURENESS TO HIS WORK THE MAN MUST GO THE LATEST DECALOGUE DIPSYCHUS AND THE SPIRIT PESCHIERA ALTERAM PARTEM WORDSWORTH IF TO WRITE, REWRITE, AND WRITE AGAIN I SAID SO, BUT IT IS NOT TRUE IF THAT WE THUS ARE GUILTY DOTH APPEAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE LAST WORDS: NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON LETTER TO BLANCHE SMITH (19 FEBRUARY 1853) LETTERS OF PAREPIDEMUS, NUMBER ONE RECENT ENGLISH POETRY FROM MARI MAGNO The Clergyman s Second Tale NOTES CHRONOLOGY NOTE ON THE TEXTS FROM AMBARVALIA Duty that s to say complying: Is it true, ye gods, who treat us: The human spirits saw I on a day: When panting sighs the bosom fill: When Israel Came out of Egypt: Qui Laborat, Orat: Natura Naturans: FROM PALSYING SELF-MISTRUST, FROM FEAR LETTER TO JOHN PHILIP GELL (24 NOVEMBER 1844) EPI-STRAUSS-ION FROM A CONSIDERATION OF OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE RETRENCHMENT ASSOCIATION DIARY (15 JULY 1848) LETTER TO THOMAS ARNOLD (16 JULY 1848) THE BOTHIE OF TOPER-NA-FUOSICH: A LONG-VACATION PASTORAL HOMO SUM, NIHIL HUMANI LETTER TO ANNE CLOUGH (30 APRIL 1849) LETTER TO FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE (21 JUNE 1849) AMOURS DE VOYAGE RESIGNATION TO FAUSTUS EASTER DAY EASTER DAY II WHENCE ARE YE, VAGUE DESIRES THE STRUGGLE IN CONTROVERSIAL FOUL IMPURENESS TO HIS WORK THE MAN MUST GO THE LATEST DECALOGUE DIPSYCHUS AND THE SPIRIT PESCHIERA ALTERAM PARTEM WORDSWORTH IF TO WRITE, REWRITE, AND WRITE AGAIN I SAID SO, BUT IT IS NOT TRUE IF THAT WE THUS ARE GUILTY DOTH APPEAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE LAST WORDS: NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON LETTER TO BLANCHE SMITH (19 FEBRUARY 1853) LETTERS OF PAREPIDEMUS, NUMBER ONE RECENT ENGLISH POETRY FROM MARI MAGNO The Clergyman s Second Tale: NOTES

A comprehensive selection of the works of Arthur Hugh Clough, one of the most distinctive writers of the Victorian period The first selection of Clough's work to include both his poetry and his prose Clough's work is presented in chronological order, allowing students to study his development and growth Includes a separate Chronology at the opening of the volume, which provides details of Clough's life and works The writings are presented free of annotation on the page, allowing students to encounter the original texts afresh Explanatory notes and commentary are located at the end of the book, providing students with a wealth of additional material and information that will enhance the understanding and enjoyment of these works An essential teaching resource, representing the scope and range of Clough's talent

Gregory Tate is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of St Andrews, and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker. He is the author of two monographs: The Poet's Mind: The Psychology of Victorian Poetry (2012) and Nineteenth-Century Poetry and the Physical Sciences: Poetical Matter (2019). He has also published essays on Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, May Kendall, Jane Austen, John Keats, Humphry Davy, and science in the nineteenth-century press.

A comprehensive selection of the works of Arthur Hugh Clough, one of the most distinctive writers of the Victorian period The first selection of Clough's work to include both his poetry and his prose Clough's work is presented in chronological order, allowing students to study his development and growth Includes a separate Chronology at the opening of the volume, which provides details of Clough's life and works The writings are presented free of annotation on the page, allowing students to encounter the original texts afresh Explanatory notes and commentary are located at the end of the book, providing students with a wealth of additional material and information that will enhance the understanding and enjoyment of these works An essential teaching resource, representing the scope and range of Clough's talent