Tennyson and the Fabrication of Englishness [electronic resource] /
Sherwood, M.author.
Through an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; Introduction: The Enigma of Englishness; 1 'A Poet in the Truest and Highest Sense': The Early Poems and their Reception; 2 'Mr. Tennyson's Singular Genius': The Reception of Poems (1832); 3 'Mr. Tennyson's Truly English Spirit': Landscape and Nature in Poems (1842); 4 'Fair Victoria's Golden Age': Tennyson and Monarchy; 5 'To Serve as Model for the Mighty World': Tennyson and Medievalism; 6 'Ever-broadening England': Tennyson and Empire; Conclusion: Fabricating Englishness; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Through an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
Poetry.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature—History and criticism.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literary History.