| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 525 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 525
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| Contents |
Tennyson's Narrative Frames and "Mirror-Texts" -- Heroic and Comic Modes: Feminism in the Princess -- Poems that Disturb or Transform Their Genres -- Staged Versus Real Deaths: Tennyson's Elegies -- A Genre Under Siege: Idylls of the King -- A Ventriloquized World -- The Trespass of Intimacy: Tennyson's Closeness to Speakers Unsuited for their Roles -- Acting Versus Acting Out: Fantasy and the Monologues -- The Uses of Casuistry: Bad Faith and Irony -- High Rhetoric and Plain Speaking: Tennyson's Heroines -- Fox and Hallam on Tennyson: A Ventriloquized World -- Words of Power -- Tennyson's Sublime: Apposition and Ellipsis -- The Uses of Revision: The Reinvented Poem -- Dramas for the Eye and Ear: Speech at Odds with Lyric Form -- Strong Speech Meets Strong Silence: The Uses of Reserve -- Words of Power: Imitation and Allusion -- Epilogue -- Notes and References -- Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
In Alfred Lord Tennyson, W. David Shaw, an eminent scholar of Victorian poetry and master Tennyson critic, reexamines Tennyson's poetry, plays, and dramatic monologues in our own "age of theory." In this superbly written monograph, organized in chapters devoted to different genres, Shaw engages contemporary theory while giving classically grounded close readings of Tennyson's texts. The book also includes an extensive bibliographical essay that traces recent developments in Tennyson scholarship and criticism |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00047044 |
| Subject |
English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0805748695 |
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9780805748697 |
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