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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140424431

ISBN-139780140424430

eBay Product ID (ePID)62217458

Product Key Features

Book TitleSelected Poems

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Modern / 19th Century, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2008

FeaturesRevised

GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry

AuthorAlfred Tennyson

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal821.8

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Synopsis'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 forms he mastered. This selection gives some of Tennyson's most famous works in full, including Maud , depicting a tragic love affair, and In Memoriam , a profound tribute to his dearest friend. Excerpts from Idylls of the King show a lifelong passion for Arthurian legend, also seen in the dream-like The Lady of Shalot and in Morte d'Arthur . Other works respond to contemporary events, such as Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington , written in Tennyson's official role as Poet Laureate, or the patriotic Charge of the Light Brigade , while Locksley Hall provides a Utopian vision of the future, and the late poem Crossing the Bar is a haunting meditation on his own mortality. Selected Poems is edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Ricks. In his introduction, Ricks discusses aspects of Tennyson's life and works, his revisions of his poems, and his friendship with Arthur Hallam. This edition also includes a chronology, further reading and notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., This gorgeous new collection gathers into one concise volume the finest work by Queen Victoriaas favorite poet. Whether steeped in sensuous melancholy, as in aMaud, a or chivalric, heroic, and allegorical, as in aMorte DaArthur, a Tennysonas poetry epitomizes the Victorian age for which he became a spokesperson when named Poet Laureate of England in 1850., 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.

LC Classification NumberPR5550