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- Publisher: Macmillan (1888)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0018DY6OY
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Although Tennyson had already published a collection of poetry in 1827 in conjunction with his elder brothers, this volume, the first exclusively of his own poems and no longer consisting of pastiche of earlier poets like Milton, Pope and Byron, was a career landmark. Read the first page
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Although Tennyson had already published a collection of poetry in 1827 in conjunction with his elder brothers, this volume, the first exclusively of his own poems and no longer consisting of pastiche of earlier poets like Milton, Pope and Byron, was a career landmark. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a large and I think exhaustive anthology of the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson. It includes all the work you would expect in a collection from Tennyson. I have to admit it took some getting through as there is a lot of poetry on show here (over 600 pages), having said that it covers over 50 years of the author's work.
Tennyson is a very imaginative if sometimes a bit morbid poet but once you get into it, it become very enjoyable and takes you into another world.
Tennyson is a very imaginative if sometimes a bit morbid poet but once you get into it, it become very enjoyable and takes you into another world.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
On a recent expedition to a seldom visited corner of my bookshelves, I came across an ancient edition of Tennyson's poems, undated, since the flyleaf had been eaten by mice; and from the condition of the rest of the book, an ornate American edition, almost unread. The whole volume was a triumph of style over substance (or at least utility), ornate binding, small florid typeface, crammed into double columns on each page. No guidance or foreword, only indices of titles and first lines!
What a contast in the modern Wordsworth edition, where even the poem, printed facing the title page("Crossing the Bar") has a brief note placing it in context!
As a social historian manque, and someone who cannot appreciate a work of art without a context, I found this book a useful revelation. The introduction by Karen Hodder, is informed and comprehensive, and accessible without talking down to the reader. It does not shirk from using the occasional long word, but it is not more demanding than the works it introduces. Both she, and the publisher are to be congratulated on eschewing the blight of the academic book - the footnote, a distraction in small print, especially when longer than the main text, and spilling across pages, in favour of "Headnotes", which naturally are read before the accompanying poem. My prayer is that the notes are not so good that they will make reading the actual poems superfluous to todays spoon-fed scholar of short attention span!
There is a story told about Tennyson, who was sitting at a dinner party, next to a young lady, who eagerly anicipated an evening of witty repartee from the literary lion. She was, alas, disappointed. The poet spoke only twice - once to complain to his companion "Madam, your stays creak" (at the soup course); and over the desert "Madam, I apologise, it is not your stays, it is my braces"!
I am glad to say that none of Ms Hodder's (literary) apparatus creaks!
What a contast in the modern Wordsworth edition, where even the poem, printed facing the title page("Crossing the Bar") has a brief note placing it in context!
As a social historian manque, and someone who cannot appreciate a work of art without a context, I found this book a useful revelation. The introduction by Karen Hodder, is informed and comprehensive, and accessible without talking down to the reader. It does not shirk from using the occasional long word, but it is not more demanding than the works it introduces. Both she, and the publisher are to be congratulated on eschewing the blight of the academic book - the footnote, a distraction in small print, especially when longer than the main text, and spilling across pages, in favour of "Headnotes", which naturally are read before the accompanying poem. My prayer is that the notes are not so good that they will make reading the actual poems superfluous to todays spoon-fed scholar of short attention span!
There is a story told about Tennyson, who was sitting at a dinner party, next to a young lady, who eagerly anicipated an evening of witty repartee from the literary lion. She was, alas, disappointed. The poet spoke only twice - once to complain to his companion "Madam, your stays creak" (at the soup course); and over the desert "Madam, I apologise, it is not your stays, it is my braces"!
I am glad to say that none of Ms Hodder's (literary) apparatus creaks!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Karen Hodder reveals to us the man behind the poetry,by introducing the ten chronlogical sections of this book with a brief,but helpful headnote to each.This complements the informed introduction to this prolific writer,so aptly described as 'a genuinely questioning poet'.Superb value and worthy of its place on the bookshelf of all poetic afficionados.
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A compendium of Works
This is a comprehensive collection of Tennyson's works under one cover. I bought this edition having mislaid my original. I wanted to re-read In Memoriam. Read more
Published 14 months ago by SA Brain
The sensuality of Tennyson
I studied Tennyson recently as part of my Alevel for English Literature; now already a fan of Tennyson, my admiration for such an outstanding poet reached an extremist level. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by Katie
More than school memories
Pity that the book is laid out like a dull school text book. Why can't the classics be presented attractively. Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by Martin Jones
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