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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Great Poets Series by Alfred Tennyson
Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
Tennyson was one of the true great Victorian poets - much of his work is known throughout the world: 'Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die' 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all' His genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language o ...Show more
In Memoriam by Matthew Rowlinson (Editor); Alfred Lord Tennyson
Category: Poetry
Published in 1850, In Memoriam won its author the Poet Laureateship of Britain and received widespread attention from critics and reviewers, as well as from ordinary readers. The poem was written in memory of Tennyson's close friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly in 1833; it became an unofficial ...Show more
In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Erik Gray (Editor)
Category: Poetry | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and ot ...Show more
In Memoriam, 3rd Norton Critical Edition by Alfred Tennyson; Erik Gray (Editor)
Category: Classic | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
This Norton Critical Edition includes: The Eversley Edition text of the poem, accompanied by Erik Gray's preface, full introduction, and detailed explanatory footnotes. One illustration. A generous selection (new to the Third Edition) of background materials on In Memoriam's subject, Arthur Henry H ...Show more
Selected Poems: Tennyson by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
'Into the jaw of Death Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred' As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign, Alfred Lord Tennyson's spellbinding poetry epitomized the Victorian age. The works in this volume trace nearly sixty years of his literary careerand show the wide variety of poetic ...Show more
Tennyson Poems by Alfred Tennyson
Category: Poetry | Series: Everyman's Library POCKET POETS Ser.
Often parodied as a complacent patriarch of the Victorian establishment, laureate to the royal court and the Queen's favourite living poet, Tennyson was in fact a sensitive, shy and complex character whose early life was dominated by family drama, financial ruin, melancholia and unhappy love. His first ...Show more
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Category: Poetry
Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. Tennyson's romantic poem, full of atmosphere and emotion, tells the story of the mysterious Lady of Shalott. In this exquisite illustrated edition, Charles Keeping's evocative pictures t ...Show more
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Keith Seddon; Jocelyn Almond
Category: Gift
The Lady of Shalott is the third book in Visions in Poetry, an award-winning series of classic poems illustrated by outstanding contemporary artists in stunning hardcover editions. Tennyson's beautiful and enigmatic poem of unrequited love, set in Arthurian England, has enthralled artists for well over ...Show more
The Major Works by Alfred Tennyson
Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: Oxford World's Classics
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Tennyson's poetry and prose - juvenilia as well as his best-known poems, and letters and journal entries - to give the ess ...Show more