Selected Poems: Tennyson av Alfred Lord Tennyson

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<p>As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria''s reign, Alfred Lord Tennyson''s spellbinding poetry epitomized the Victorian age, and <i>Selected Poems</i> is edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Ricks.<br><br>''Into the jaw of Death<br>Into the mouth of Hell<br>Rode the six hundred''<br><br>The works in this volume trace nearly sixty years in the literary career of one of the nineteenth century''s greatest poets, and show the wide variety of poetic forms he mastered. This selection gives some of Tennyson''s most famous works in full, including <i>Maud</i>, depicting a tragic love affair, and <i>In Memoriam</i>, a profound tribute to his dearest friend. Excerpts from <i>Idylls of the King</i> show a lifelong passion for Arthurian legend, also seen in the dream-like <i>The Lady of Shalot</i> and in <i>Morte d''Arthur</i>. Other works respond to contemporary events, such as <i>Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington</i>, written in Tennyson''s official role as Poet