Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes past and present, seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. Full of eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, his haunting, rhapsodic poems still cast their lyrical spell today.
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After many, many years of good intentions I finally read Tennyson's Idylls of the King. What a pleasure and delight. The poetry is impressive, and the depiction of the Round Table is epochal. I have also compared it to some of Mallory. While Mallory established the standard for the Arthurian legend (in English, at any rate), Tennyson's poetry is far more impressive. The stories themselves seem more impressive in Tennyson's sure hands. Unfortunately, I also made the mistake of watching "Camelot" on video recently; what a travesty. Guenevere is referred to as Ginny, Sir Lancelot is called Lance, and the over-all Hollywood approach is debasing and embarrassing. One could be turned off from Camelot forever as a result of this atrocious film. Let us give praise for Alfred Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King. It is magnificent!
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Tennyson has been tried by me in this, my first reading of him since a schoolboy, and, sadly, found seiously wanting indeed. Most every one of his poems is infused with a Victorian cant that emarrasses one. - Yet, the idea of Qink Arthur's court, drawing mortal men into a realm that is in the world but not of it, remains enchanting, if poorly executed. The passage I have chosen to read conveys this notion of enchantment better than any other in Tennyson's Idylls.
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Who dares foreshadow for an only son A lovelier life, a more unstain'd, than his? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blameless king, thy wheel, lily maid, white samite, greatest knight, faded silk, fair lord, sweet father Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Lancelot, King Arthur, Holy Grail, Sir Gareth, Sir Bedivere, Sir King, The Lady of Shalott, Sir Bors, Earl Doorm, King Uther, Prince Geraint, Sir Balin, Arthur's Table, Round Table, Sir Fool, Sir Modred, Sir Torre, Lord of Astolat, Sir Pelleas, The Coming of Arthur, King Leodogran, Locksley Hall, Northern Sea, Sir Garlon, Sir Kay New!
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Who dares foreshadow for an only son A lovelier life, a more unstain'd, than his? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blameless king, thy wheel, lily maid, white samite, greatest knight, faded silk, fair lord, sweet father Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Lancelot, King Arthur, Holy Grail, Sir Gareth, Sir Bedivere, Sir King, The Lady of Shalott, Sir Bors, Earl Doorm, King Uther, Prince Geraint, Sir Balin, Arthur's Table, Round Table, Sir Fool, Sir Modred, Sir Torre, Lord of Astolat, Sir Pelleas, The Coming of Arthur, King Leodogran, Locksley Hall, Northern Sea, Sir Garlon, Sir Kay New!
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- Victorian Literature and the Anorexic Body (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) by Anna Krugovoy Silver in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Faith in Nation: Exclusionary Origins of Nationalism by Anthony W. Marx in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer on page 159
- King Arthur's Modern Return (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Debra Mancoff on page 120
- The Artistry and Tradition of Tennyson's Battle Poetry (Studies in Major Literary Authors) by Timothy J. Lovelace in Back Matter
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