| Alfred Tennyson Contributor(s): Lang, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1110080514 ISBN-13: 9781110080519 Publisher: BiblioLife OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: INTRODUCTION. IN writing this brief sketch of the Life of Tennyson, and this attempt to appreciate his work, I have rested almost entirely on the Bio- graphy by Lord Tennyson with his kind per- mission and on the text of the Poems. As to the Life, doubtless current anecdotes, not given in the Biography, are known to me, and to most people. But as they must also be familiar to the author of the Biography, I have not thought it desirable to include what he rejected. The works of the localisers I liave not read Tennyson disliked these researches, as a rule, and they appear to be unessential, and often hazardous. The professed commentators I have not consulted. It appeared better to give ones own impressions of the Poems, unaffected by the impressions of others, except in one or two cases where matters of fact rather than of taste seemed to be in question. Thus on two or three points I have ventured to differ from a distinguished living critic, and have given the reasons for my dissent... |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.15 lbs) 246 pages |
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