Victorian Poetry examines the poetry of the Victorian Period (1830-1914) from a broad range of theoretical/critical angles, including but not confined to new historicism, feminism, and social/cultural issues, and focuses on poets of all classes and genders in Britain and the Commonwealth.

West Virginia University Press focuses principally on humanities publishing in the areas of medieval and Old English studies; West Virginian and regional culture, history, economics, and wildlife; and general literary studies. Its imprint, the Vandalia Press, issues novels, short stories, and creative non-fiction with a West Virginia connection, while its Journals division concentrates on literary studies (Victorian Poetry, Essays in Medieval Studies, Tolkien Studies), history (West Virginia History), and education (Education and Treatment of Children).