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Idylls of the King

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Quotations
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Idylls of the King Quotes
14,176 words, approx. 47 pages
Idylls of the King is one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's most famous works, and has influenced many modern treatments of the Arthurian legends and myths. Components of the epic poem were worked upon as early as 1842, and published between 1859 and 1885....


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Idylls of the King Information
3,688 words, approx. 12 pages
The Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, are a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retell the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Idylls of the skating kings Pond provides a year-round sanctuary from everyday bustle
11/02/1997: 439 words, approx. 2 pages
ACTON -- It's hard to imagine in this era of technological advances that ice was once cut from ponds like this one, stored in sheds and then sold to homeowners for their ice boxes. But from the late 1880s until the mid-1950s, ice...
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The Washington Post
Clarence Idyll, 91; Pioneer In Research Of Fisheries
06/13/2007: 513 words, approx. 2 pages
Clarence Purvis Idyll, 91, a fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was the first fisheries faculty member at the University of Miami's marine sciences department and helped train research scientists around the world, died of pneumonia June 3 at Shady...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by William E. Buckler
20,842 words, approx. 70 pages
In the essay that follows, Buckler examines some of the idylls as symbolic meditations on the literary enterprise.
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Critical Essay by John R. Reed
17,501 words, approx. 58 pages
In the following chapter from Perception and Design in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King," Reed contends that Arthur enacts an idealistic transformation "through emancipating the imagination."
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Critical Essay by David Staines
16,080 words, approx. 54 pages
In the following essay, Staines discusses Tennyson's struggle with the story of the Holy Grail and how it shapes the theme of the Idylls.
 
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Essay Grade: 92%
"The Holy Grail" in Tennyson's The Idylls of the King: A Guidebook to Salvation
1,498 words, approx. 5 pages
An allegorical analysis of "The Holy Grail," a chapter and story in Alfred Lord Tennyson's work The Idylls of the King. In this chapter, Tennyson discusses themes of salvation, righteous behavior, temptation, and overzealousness with the help of allegory. This allegorical approach served as a guide to eventual salvation for both the characters of the story and the astute reader.


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