Tennyson
Subtitle: to strive, to seek, to find
By: John Batchelor
Edition: First Pegasus cloth edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781605984902
Subjects: English Poets; Biography
Description: A new study of the Victorian era poet, who was Queen Victoria's favorite, reveals a man who skillfully crafted his own career and his relationships with his audience while discussing his complexities and contradictions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-379) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the Tennysons and the Queen, 1862-1863; title: Somersby, 1809-1827; title: Cambridge, 1827-1830; title: Somersby and Arthur Hallam, 1831-1833; title: Wandering, tribulation and lost love, 1833-1845; title: Growing reputation and The princess, 1845-1850; title: In memoriam, marriage and the laureateship, 1850-1854; title: The reception of Maud and the problems of fame, 1855-1862; title: Idylls of the king and the creation of Aldworth, 1862-1872; title: The completion of the Idylls and the aspiring playwright, 1872-1886; title: Tragedy and resolution, 1886-1892; title: Epilogue : the poet and the pageant, 1892.