He presents Victorian social critics as if they were robots programmed by the discourse of capitalism.

Victorian critics gave it both positive and negative reviews, for its perfection as a showpiece and for its dramatic and somewhat staged setting, respectively.

Victorian critics praised the poem and some examined aspects of the poem's background.

Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë produced notable works of the period, although these were not immediately appreciated by Victorian critics.

Debate over the poem's merits continued into the 19th century, and Victorian critics were unconvinced by the poem's merits.

Many Victorian critics appreciated the emotion of the "Lucy poems" and focused on "Strange fits".

Tylor was also a friend of acclaimed Victorian critic, John Ruskin, who valued Tylor's geological skills and enjoyed his company.

This had much to do with the novel's homoerotic overtones, which caused something of a sensation amongst Victorian critics when first published.

The easy amorality of the subplot distressed Victorian critics like Swinburne and Gosse.