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Publication
Signet (1961), Edition: 5th, Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Description
Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes past and present, seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. Full of eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, his haunting, rhapsodic poems still cast their lyrical spell today.
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LibraryThing member AlCracka
I get the impression not everyone loves Tennyson. I get that; he's a pompous douche. I always kinda liked him, though. I think his strongest stuff here - Arthur's speech to Guinevere, in "Guinevere," comes to mind - is staggering. Sometimes you have to work a little too hard to figure out what the
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hell he's banging on about, though. You get the impression he's being purposefully obtuse because he thinks that's what poets are supposed to do. Show Less
LibraryThing member charlie68
Very good, worth the effort.
LibraryThing member elucubrare
Cried in a Macy's Starbucks. And on the subway. A , would be devastated again.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1859 to 1885
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