Tennyson
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0333529952 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Of interest to Tennyson devotees and serious students of literature. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. He wrote his highly acclaimed elegy "In Memoriam" in 1850 and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854. At 41, he married his longtime love, Emily Sellwood, and the couple raised two children. Levi has peppered his text with opinion and asides that at times enliven the book but on occasion strike a discordant note. Tennyson wrote poetry in his teens and became well-known after his two-volume Poems (1842), which included "Morte d'Arthur" and "Ulysses," was published. Although Levi ( The Life and Times of William Shakespeare ) has carefully researched his subject, his great admiration for Tennyson's work interferes with critical analysis. From Publishers Weekly Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was the lyric spokesman of the Victorian era, serving as England's poet laureate for more than 40 years. Photos
"Not the best bio of a most interesting person" according to Schmerguls. Back in May of 1981 I read Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart, by Robert Bernard Martin, and I thought that was the perfect biography. Because I had such good memories of that great book, I decided to read this bio by Peter Levi. It does a good job, but whether I am not as interested in Tennyson as I was in 1981 or what, I di
Tennyson's relationships, often stormy but also affectionate, with other important figures of the Victorian era such as Gladstone, Carlyle and Queen Victoria herself, are vividly described, as are his attitudes towards other poets such as Wordsworth, whom he succeeded as Poet Laureate in 1850, and the same year that he married Emily Sellwood after an extraordinary 17-year engagement.. Levi gives detailed textual criticism of some poems, but also shows acute psychological understanding of, for example, how Tennyson's famous friendship with Arthur Hallam affected his poetry over a long lifetime. This critical biography analyzes Tennyson's poetic development and his place in literature. It describes his influences, both classical and personal, and illuminates his working methods, for example: a constant revision of earlier material and an emphasis on oral rather than written poetry