Handbook to the Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (Bibliography and Reference Series) - Hardcover

Luce, Morton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0833721542 ISBN 13: 9780833721549

Publisher: Burt Franklin, 1970

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. "IDYLLS OF THE KING." I. Introductory. It is possible that no reliable estimate of this poem can be formed in our day. Most probably the task will be left to some future Addison, and to the host of critics who will criticise his criticisms, generation after generation. The question, "What sort of poems are the ' Idylls'?" is profoundly interesting, but very far-reaching; indeed, the whole subject is so vast, and beset with such extraordinary difficulties, that within the compass of this Handbook suggestions must be offered rather than conclusions. At first sight nothing can seem easier than to create the minor work of art by the side of the major one--to write, that is, a useful and impressive account whether of the poem as a whole, or of the separate Idylls, or of the characters. But this paper may possibly serve a better purpose if, like the chapter on "The Princess," it seeks rather to show with the utmost brevity that any such treatment of the subject is liable to be not only imperfect but also misleading. For example: critics are almost unanimous in regarding a uniform magnificence of style as the chief merit of Tennyson's poem, and the greater number claim also for the Idylls an epic unity of design and construction. But in a-. '-. passage from "New Studies in Tennyson," which is appended to this chapter, the present writer has already attempted to show that in point of style and construction generally the poem is by no means uniform. Some of the opinions expressed in this Appendix received remarkable corroboration when Mr. Knowles published his "Aspects of Tennyson (II.)" in the "Nineteenth Century" for January, 1893. For example, the poet is represented as making the following statements: "It is necessary to respect the limits.... I so...

About this edition

• Publisher: Burt Franklin
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0833721542
• ISBN 13: 9780833721549
• Binding: Hardcover