Tennyson
eBook - ePub

Tennyson

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria's favorite poet, commanded a wider readership than any other of his time. His ascendancy was neither the triumph of pure genius nor an accident of history: he skillfully crafted his own career and his relationships with his audience. Fame and recognition came, lavishly and in abundance, but the hunger for more never left him. Resolving never to be anything except 'a poet', he wore his hair long, smoked incessantly, and sported a cloak and wide-brimmed Spanish hat.Tennyson ranged widely in his poetry, turning his interests in geology, evolution and Arthurian legend into verse, but much of his work relates to his personal life. The poet who wrote The Lady of Shalott and The Charge of the Light Brigade has become a permanent part of our culture. This enjoyable and thoughtful new biography shows him as a Romantic as well as a Victorian, exploring both the poems and the pressures of his era, and the personal relationships that made the man.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Family Tree
  7. Preface
  8. Prologue: The Tennysons and the Queen, 1862–1863
  9. 1 Somersby, 1809–1827
  10. 2 Cambridge, 1827–1830
  11. 3 Somersby and Arthur Hallam, 1831–1833
  12. 4 Wandering, tribulation and lost love, 1833–1845
  13. 5 Growing reputation and The Princess, 1845–1850
  14. 6 In Memoriam, marriage and the Laureateship, 1850–1854
  15. 7 The reception of Maud and the problems of fame, 1855–1862
  16. 8 Idylls of the King and the creation of Aldworth, 1862–1872
  17. 9 The completion of the Idylls and the aspiring playwright, 1872–1886
  18. 10 Tragedy and resolution, 1886–1892
  19. Epilogue: The poet and the pageant, 1892
  20. Image Gallery
  21. Bibliography
  22. Notes
  23. Index
  24. Copyright Page