Selected Poems (Classics) - Softcover

Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140445455 ISBN 13: 9780140445459

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Tennyson Alfred

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Reseña del editor:

'Tennyson', wrote T. S. Eliot, 'has the finest ear of any English poet since Milton,' and his verse remains unrivalled in its combination of verbal richness, emotional depth and intellectual engagement. Tennyson drew on classical and medieval legends in poems like 'The Lotos-Eaters' (1832) and 'The Lady of Shalott' (1832) to explore the spiritual tensions of the nineteenth century. In one of the great works of his maturity, 'In Memoriam' (1850) - written after the loss of his dearest friend - Tennyson vividly negotiated contemporary scepticism and the modern sciences of geology and evolution. Similar ground is covered in a dramatically darker mood in 'Maud' (1855), a poignant account of psychological disintegration.

Biografía del autor:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was created Poet Laureate in 1850, and obtained a peerage in 1883. He was the leading poet of his generation.
Aidan Day is Professor of Nineteenth-Century and Contemporary Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of a number of articles on Tennyson and has written on Browning and Romanticism.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140445455
• ISBN 13: 9780140445459
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Herausgeber: Day Aidan