A century ago Tennyson had begun to be dismissed as a poet whose work embodied everything the modern world was looking to leave behind. He still seems to readers to embody the substance of the Victorian era more fully than any other poet-but nowadays that is again counted in his favour. Critics continue to find layers of complexity in poems once thought simplistic-while appreciating with fresh ears Tennyson's aural mastery.

This new edition includes the two long poems "In Memoriam" and "Maud: A Monodrama" in their entirety, all the short poems for which Tennyson remains famous and a generous selection of his lesser-known poetry, together with a concise introduction to the poet and his work and substantial headnotes for "In Memoriam", "Maud" and "Idylls of the King". Unlike other editions that provide a selection of Tennyson's work, this one includes both marginal glosses of obscure or archaic words and phrases and extensive annotations at the bottom of each page. Appendices of visual material are also included.

About the Author
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet. He served as England's Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death in 1892 and was one of the most popular poets of the Victorian era.

Erik Gray, an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, is the author of The Poetry of Indifference and Milton and the Victorians. He has also edited "In Memoriam" for the Norton Critical Editions series.

Reviews

"Thoughtfully selected and carefully annotated. The accompanying set of images is beautiful." - Charles LaPorte, University of Washington

"This is an excellent teaching edition, with a lucid introduction and helpful headnotes to the generous selection of longer poems included. It gives a good sense of the trajectory of Tennyson's career and of the historical backdrop against which it took place. The footnotes and marginal word-glosses are easy to negotiate and judiciously chosen to aid comprehension of the poems rather than put forth an interpretive agenda." - Stefanie Markovits, Yale University

"This concise collection of Tennyson's best-loved poems will be a standard choice for students and general readers of poetry. The attractive, user-friendly volume features helpful annotations, appendices, and illustrations that will help readers understand Tennyson's importance as Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death in 1892. The volume features carefully-chosen poems from Tennyson's prolific career, without sacrificing the unity of important longer works such as In Memoriam." - Kathryn Ledbetter, Texas State University

Book Information
ISBN 9781554812080
Author Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Broadview Press Ltd
Publisher Broadview Press Ltd