Tennyson: poet and prophet

by Philip Henderson

HENDERSON, P,: TENNYSON POET AND PROPHET, LONDON, 1978, xix 225 p, laminas,Encuadernacion original, Nuevo,

225 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1978

Reviews

[Peter Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a easy read as it discusses the poems in some detail,which makes it useful and interesting but they do demand concentration.Good pictures.Tennyson's life was not particularly interesting or dramatic but it was useful to see how contemporaries viewed him,not always positively.The mystery,to me,is still his relationship to Hallam,the reason for his first great poem,"In Memorium" - did he sublimate his homosexual feeling into his idealised love for Hallam and why did he delay marriage until his 40s after knowing his future wife for over 10 years? Victorians did use flowery language so perhaps friendships seem more intense than they actually were.Anyway worth the read even if it just proved that I could still read serious books.