'Into the jaw of Death Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred'
As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign, Alfred Lord Tennyson's spellbinding poetry epitomized the Victorian age. The works in this volume trace nearly sixty years of his literary careerand show the wide variety of poetic forms he mastered. This selection gives some of Tennyson's most famous works in full, including Maud, depicting a tragic love affair, and In Memoriam, a profound tribute to his dearest friend. Excerpts from Idylls of the King show a lifelong passion for...
'Into the jaw of Death Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred'
As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign, Alfred Lord...
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Cecil Y. Lang Edgar F., JR. Shannon
This third and final volume of The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson sheds new light on Tennyson's effort as a dramatist and on his interactions with the leading theater managers, actresses, and actors of his time. Also included is his extensive correspondence with Gladstone and the Australian Sir Henry Parkes.
This third and final volume of The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson sheds new light on Tennyson's effort as a dramatist and on his interactions with th...
Criticism includes significant statements on Tennyson as well as interpretations of the major poems. A special feature is Georg Roppen's essay on Tennyson and the theory of evolution. Other critical voices are those of A. C. Bradley, Harold Nicolson, Douglas Bush, Arthur J. Carr, T. S. Eliot, Paull F. Baum, John Killham, F. E. L. Priestley, Francis Golffing, and Robert W. Hill, Jr A Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Index are also included.
Criticism includes significant statements on Tennyson as well as interpretations of the major poems. A special feature is Georg Roppen's essay on Tenn...
Alfred Tennyson wrote his verse play about the famous English outlaw, and his last book in his lifetime, The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian, at the request of the America theatre manager Augustin Daly in 1892, when he was 82 years old. Daly, who had met Arthur Sullivan in California, asked him to write the music and Sullivan composed the nine short numbers which comprise the score.Sullivan probably undertook the work out of regard for Tennyson rather than any real enthusiasm for the play itself and tried to persuade Tennyson to make changes. He objected strongly to the title of the...
Alfred Tennyson wrote his verse play about the famous English outlaw, and his last book in his lifetime, The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian, at...
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 artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
This text offers 78 of the finest examples from the great Tibetan tradition of rug-making in full colour. Each aesthetically and technically distinctive type is represented, and the description of each rug includes design, size, materials used in pile warp and weft, as well as the knot count. It includes an introduction by pre-eminent expert Halvard Kare Kuloy.
This text offers 78 of the finest examples from the great Tibetan tradition of rug-making in full colour. Each aesthetically and technically distincti...
