Selected Poems: Tennyson

Selected Poems: Tennyson
ISBN-10
0141912197
ISBN-13
9780141912196
Series
Selected Poems
Category
Poetry
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2007-12-06
Publisher
Penguin UK
Author
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Description

Tennyson's poetry epitomizes the Victorian age, for which he became a spokesman. His finest poems are often steeped in a sensuous melancholy, as in Maud, or are chivaric, heroic and allegorical, as in The Lady of Shalot and Morte d'Arthur.

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