The Artistry and Tradition of Tennyson's Battle Poetry

Informationen zum Autor An independent scholar, J. Timothy Lovelace received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at chapel Hill in 1999. Klappentext Many readers are aware of Alfred Tennyson's treatment of legendary battles in such poems as "Boadicea," "The Revenge," "Battle of Brunanburh," and "Achilles over the Trench." Yet among Tennyson's most neglected works are his first battle poems, pieces that reflect the poet's immersion in the literature of the heroic age. J. Timothy Lovelace argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the "Illiad" and "Aeneid," and reinvigorate the heroic ethos that informs these and other ancient texts. Highlighting the heroic aspects of "Maud" and the "Idylls of the King," this book shows that Tennyson's early grounding in the Homeric tradition greatly influenced his later, celebrated work on martial subjects. Zusammenfassung Argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the Iliad and the Aeneid, and reinvigorate the heroic ethos that informs these and other ancient texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Chapter One Tennyson and the Heroic Tradition Chapter Two The Early War Poetry Chapter Three Historical and Legendary Battles Chapter Four Contemporary Conflicts Chapter Five Maud Chapter Six Idylls of the King Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J. Timothy Lovelace, John Timothy Lovelace, Timothy J. Lovelace, Lovelace Timothy J.
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2003
• EAN: 9780415967631
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96763-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors; Studies in Major Literary Auth; Studies in Major Literary Authors
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism