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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet. Born into a middle-class family in Somersby, England, Tennyson began writing poems with his brothers as a teenager. In 1827, h...view moreAlfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet. Born into a middle-class family in Somersby, England, Tennyson began writing poems with his brothers as a teenager. In 1827, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, joining a secret society known as the Cambridge Apostles and publishing his first book of poems, a collection of juvenile verse written by Tennyson and his brother Charles. He was awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal in 1829 for his poem “Timbuktu” and, in 1830, published Poems Chiefly Lyrical, his debut individual collection. Following the death of his father in 1831, Tennyson withdrew from Cambridge to care for his family. His second volume of poems, The Lady of Shalott (1833), was a critical and commercial failure that put his career on hold for the next decade. That same year, Tennyson’s friend Arthur Hallam died from a stroke while on holiday in Vienna, an event that shook the young poet and formed the inspiration for his masterpiece, In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850). The poem, a long sequence of elegiac lyrics exploring themes of loss and mourning, helped secure Tennyson the position of Poet Laureate, to which he was appointed in 1850 following the death of William Wordsworth. Tennyson would hold the position until the end of his life, making his the longest tenure in British history. With most of his best work behind him, Tennyson continued to write and publish poems, many of which adhered to the requirements of his position by focusing on political and historical themes relevant to the British royal family and peerage. An important bridge between Romanticism and the Pre-Raphaelites, Tennyson remains one of Britain’s most popular and influential poets.view less
Books by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Maud, and Other Poems Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Major Works of Alfred Tennyson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIdylls of the King Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Memoriam A. H. H. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Falcon: "Better not be at all than not be noble." Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn Memoriam A.H.H.: “Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKing Arthur Super Pack: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEnoch Arden & Other Poems: "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever." Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Princess Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Idylls Of The King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Idylls of the King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Treasury of Victorian Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poetry Of Trees Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alfred Lord Tennyson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIdylls of the King Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enoch Arden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Idylls of the King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClassic Love Poetry: Poems to fall in love with or for those you fell in love with Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poetry of December Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Audiobooks Narrated
Idylls of the King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory Speaks - Volume 3 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5