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In memoriam : authoritative text, criticism /

"This Second Edition of Tennyson's In Memoriam represents a significant revision of its predecessor, taking into account major changes in the study of Tennyson's works in recent years. The editor has written a substantial Introduction that provides students with a historical and conte...

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Main Authors: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 (Author)
Group Author: Gray, Erik Irving, 1972- (Editor); Ross, Robert H. (Editor)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2004]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Subjects:
Hallam, Arthur Henry, > 1811-1833 > Poetry.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, > Baron, > 1809-1892. > In memoriam.
Hallam, Arthur Henry, > 1811-1833 > In literature.
Elegiac poetry, English > History and criticism.
Friendship in literature.
Summary: "This Second Edition of Tennyson's In Memoriam represents a significant revision of its predecessor, taking into account major changes in the study of Tennyson's works in recent years. The editor has written a substantial Introduction that provides students with a historical and contextual overview, from In Memoriam's genesis to its publication and reception. The text of the poem is again that of the Eversley Edition of Tennyson's Works, published in 1901-8; it is accompanied by explanatory annotations." ""Criticism" collects thirteen essays - seven new to the Second Edition - that analyze the history and structure of the poem as well as present different readings of this seminal work."--Jacket.
Carrier Form: xxvii, 252 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
ISBN: 9780393979268 (paperback) :
0393979261 (paperback)
Index Number: PR5562
CLC: I561.072
I561.24
Call Number: I561.24/T312-4/2nd ed.
Contents: The text of in Memoriam.
Criticism.
In Memoriam /
The pinnacle of success : In Memoriam /
[The structure and effect of In Memoriam] /
The challenge of geology to belief in immortality and a God of love /
[Tennyson's honest doubts] /
Diction : simple words and complex meanings /
In Memoriam, 1850 /
[Reading In Memoriam] /
The strategy of In Memoriam /
In Memoriam and the extinction of the homosexual /
The paradox of genre : impact and tremor in Tennyson's elegies /
Poetics, metaphysics, genre : the stanza form of In Memoriam /

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