Tennyson
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
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Family Tree
- Preface
- Prologue: The Tennysons and the Queen, 1862β1863
- 1 Somersby, 1809β1827
- 2 Cambridge, 1827β1830
- 3 Somersby and Arthur Hallam, 1831β1833
- 4 Wandering, tribulation and lost love, 1833β1845
- 5 Growing reputation and The Princess, 1845β1850
- 6 In Memoriam, marriage and the Laureateship, 1850β1854
- 7 The reception of Maud and the problems of fame, 1855β1862
- 8 Idylls of the King and the creation of Aldworth, 1862β1872
- 9 The completion of the Idylls and the aspiring playwright, 1872β1886
- 10 Tragedy and resolution, 1886β1892
- Epilogue: The poet and the pageant, 1892
- Image Gallery
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright Page
