Selected Poems: Tennyson
Tennyson
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, Poetry, British & Irish
| Author: | Alfred Lord Tennyson | ISBN: | 9780141912196 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | December 6, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| ISBN: | 9780141912196 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | December 6, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Tennyson's poetry epitomizes the Victorian age, for which he became a spokesman. His finest poems are often steeped in a sensuous melancholy, as in Maud, or are chivaric, heroic and allegorical, as in The Lady of Shalot and Morte d'Arthur.
Tennyson's poetry epitomizes the Victorian age, for which he became a spokesman. His finest poems are often steeped in a sensuous melancholy, as in Maud, or are chivaric, heroic and allegorical, as in The Lady of Shalot and Morte d'Arthur.
