<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
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This collection includes, of course, such celebrated poems as "The Lady of Shalott" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Finally, there are many of the short lyrical poems, such as "Come into the Garden, Maud" and "Break,...
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet includes the famous long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the crannied Wall"...
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