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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....
 
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Alfred Tennyson | | Variant Name: |
Tennyson, 1st Baron | | Birth Date: |
August 6, 1809 | | Death Date: |
October 6, 1892 | | Place of Birth: |
Somersby, England | | Place of Death: |
Haslemere, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet |
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 Biography of Lord Alfred Tennyson
10312 words, approx. 34.4 pages
 More than any other Victorian writer, Alfred, Lord Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone—one... summary from source:
 Biography of Alfred Tennyson
9788 words, approx. 32.6 pages
More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be--with Queen Victoria and Gladstone--one of the three most famous living persons, a rep... summary from source:
 Biography of Alfred Lord Tennyson
4440 words, approx. 14.8 pages
Alfred Lord Tennyson has the dubious honor of being one of the most critically disputed great poets in the English language. The very term "Tennysonian" has taken on, in many quarters, the negative complaint of sentimentality, conservatism, too-easy rhym...
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...
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 Christianity and Literature Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Anglican Authority.
06/22/2007: 8,966 words, approx. 30 pages In my judgment, an epic poem must either be national or mundane. As to Arthur, you could not by any means make a poem national to Englishmen. What have we to do with him? --Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1833 The Arthurian Romance... summary from source:
Philological Quarterly Tennyson's sublunary Grail. ('Idylls of the King')
03/22/1993: 9,227 words, approx. 31 pages Tennyson in the 'The Holy Grail' section of 'Idylls of the King' undertakes the Romantic task of demystifying Christian belief in visions. The characters dichotomize experience into opposed sensual and spiritual aspects, symbolized by the red and the white, and discredit the sensual. The...
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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