Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Poet in the Age of Theory - Hardcover

9780805745771: Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Poet in the Age of Theory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805745777 ISBN 13: 9780805745771

Publisher: Twayne Publishers, 1996

Series Editors: Kinley E. Roby, Northeastern University; Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University; Joseph Bartolomeo, University of Massachusetts; George Economou, University of Oklahoma; Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts

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From the Back Cover:

In Alfred Lord Tennyson, W. David Shaw, an eminent scholar of Victorian poetry and master Tennyson critic, reexamines Tennyson's poetry, plays, and dramatic monologues in our own "age of theory". In this superbly written monograph, organized in chapters devoted to different genres, Shaw engages contemporary theory while giving classically grounded close readings of Tennyson's texts. The book also includes an extensive bibliographical essay that traces recent developments in Tennyson scholarship and criticism.

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