Arthur Henry Hallam is remembered chiefly as the youthful friend of Alfred Tennyson, whose companionship with Hallam is celebrated in the laureate's elegy In Memoriam (1850). But during his brief life...
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In the following essay, Kolb traces the publication history of Hallam's writings and argues for the value of an edition of Hallam's letters.
In his recent article on Victorian biograp...
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In the following essay, Friedman examines “On Some of the Characteristics of Modern Poetry, and on the Lyrical Poems of Alfred Tennyson.” He claims the essay demonstrates Hallam as an or...
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In the following essay, Flynn closely analyzes the influence of Hallam's ontological essay, “Theodicaea Novissima,” on Alfred Tennyson's eulogy to Hallam, In Memoriam.
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In the following essay, Day analyzes Hallam's Timbuctoo and Tennyson's poem of the same name. Day concludes that Tennyson's poem is influenced considerably by Hallam's vers...
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In the following essay, Dillon critiques Hallam's “On Some of the Characteristics of Modern Poetry, and on the Lyrical Poems of Alfred Tennyson.” Dillon claims the essay establish...
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Arthur Henry Hallam
Critical Essay by Jack Kolb
