Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Poet In An Age Of Theory; Author: Shaw, W. David; Hardback; Book

Author: Shaw, W. David
Series#:525; Twayne's English Authors; Hardback; Book
181 pages
Published: September 1996
Gale
ISBN: 0805745777

Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work.Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works-- A brief biography of the author-- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical cThis study covers the whole of Tennyson's work, from the early poems, through the public poems of his mid-career, to the well-known later poems. The book's approach provides an awareness of the genius of Tennyson's use of language as well as the complexity of his sensibility.