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Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems

Alfred Tennyson

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"A glorious poet."--Gerard Manley Hopkins
With regal melancholy and superb craftmanship, Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes Past and Present--the Isle of the Lotos-eaters, heraldic Camelot, and his own twilit English gardens--seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. He juxtaposed opposites--not only Old Times and New, but also Beauty and Squalor, High Class and Low--and then entwined them, allowing his work to transcend its own achievements and intentions. Using eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, Tennyson created the masterful style most imitated by poets of his era. And his haunting, rhapsodic poems, detailing the struggles of kings and commoners, still cast their lyrical spell today.

Language: English

Pages: 367

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Signet Classic

Release: March 04, 2003

ISBN: 0451528751

ISBN 13: 9780451528759

Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems

Alfred Tennyson

4/5 ( ratings)

"A glorious poet."--Gerard Manley Hopkins
With regal melancholy and superb craftmanship, Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes Past and Present--the Isle of the Lotos-eaters, heraldic Camelot, and his own twilit English gardens--seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. He juxtaposed opposites--not only Old Times and New, but also Beauty and Squalor, High Class and Low--and then entwined them, allowing his work to transcend its own achievements and intentions. Using eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, Tennyson created the masterful style most imitated by poets of his era. And his haunting, rhapsodic poems, detailing the struggles of kings and commoners, still cast their lyrical spell today.

Language: English

Pages: 367

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Signet Classic

Release: March 04, 2003

ISBN: 0451528751

ISBN 13: 9780451528759

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