Tennyson and His Friends


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To those who have contributed to this volume their memories of my father, criticisms of his work, or records of his friends, I owe a deep debt of gratitude. Three of the writers, Henry Butcher, Sir Alfred Lyall, and Graham Dakyns, have lately, to my great loss, passed away—into that fuller "light of friendship"— "a clearer day Than our poor twilight dawn on earth."




Tennyson and His Friends


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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson is one of the most highly acclaimed English poets. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. The novel 'Tennyson and His Friends' is a biography of his life as contributed by some of his friends, under the auspices of his son Hallam Tennyson. The book offers a comprehensive look at the pivotal moments of his life, beginning with a short memoir by his mother explaining the circumstances of his birth as well as the great many friendships he carried on in throughout his life and their influences on his works.




Tennyson and His Friends


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Tennyson and His Friends


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In Memoriam


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Tennyson s central poem is presented with an extensive introduction that provides background information on the poet and poem as well as an overview of In Memoriam s formal and thematic peculiarities, including Tennyson s use of the stanza and the poem s rhyme scheme."




Tennyson and His Friends


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Tennyson and His Friends


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Tennyson's Name


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Seeking to understand Tennyson's poetry as the work of a man concerned with making and then living up one of the most famous names in literature, Anna Barton offers close readings of major works from his early lyrics to his Arthurian Idylls. The laureate's keen sense of professional identity, Barton argues, forced him to grapple with modern concerns about the ethics of print in a market-driven age as he established his own responsible poetic.