![]() ![]() He was born in the same year as Darwin, but his view about natural history, however, was based on catastrophe theory, not evolution. Tennyson portrayed the Greek after his travels, longing past days: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"Īmong Tennyson's major poetic achievements is the elegy mourning the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, In Memoriam (1850). Morte d'Arthur and Ulysses appeared in 1842 in the two-volume Poems, and established his reputation as a writer. A revised volume of Poems, included, The Lady of Shalott and The Lotus-eaters. ![]() He began to write, In Memoriam, for his lost friend - the work took seventeen years. Hallam died suddenly on the same year in Vienna. His next book, Poems(1833), received unfavourable reviews, and Tennyson ceased to publish for nearly ten years. After his father's death in 1831, Tennyson returned to Somersby without a degree. By 1830, Hallam had become engaged to Tennyson's sister, Emily. He travelled with Hallam on the Continent. Encouraged by 'The Apostles', Tennyson published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical in 1830, which included the popular Mariana. The undergraduate society discussed contemporary social, religious, scientific, and literary issues. Tennyson then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he joined the literary club 'The Apostles' and met Arthur Hallam, who became his closest friend. After spending four unhappy years in school, he was tutored at home. Alfred began to write poetry at an early age in the style of Lord Byron. His father, George Clayton Tennyson, a clergyman and rector, suffered from depression and was notoriously absent-minded. Tennyson's works were melancholic, and reflected the moral and intellectual values of his time, which made them especially vulnerable for later critic.Īlfred Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850 he was appointed by Queen Victoria and served 42 years. English author often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. ![]()
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