Title Stateliest measures : Tennyson and the literature of Greece and Rome / A.A. Markley

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) Contents Introduction : the English Virgil -- Tennyson's classicism in context : the Victorians and the ancient world -- The building blocks of song : constructing the classical dramatic monologue -- Et in Arcadia : transcending the classical elegy in In memoriam -- Classical prosody and the 'Ocean roll of rhythm' -- The trilogy on death : 'Ulysses, ' 'Tithonus, ' and 'Tiresias' -- Old tales for a new day : Lucretius, Demeter, and Œnone's return Summary "Stateliest Measures, the first full-length study of Tennyson's thematic and metrical uses of classical material, examines the profoundly important role that his classical background played as he fashioned himself into a poet in the 1820s and 1830s, and as he defined himself as poet laureate as of 1850." "A. A. Markley examines Tennyson's objectives in developing the classical dramatic monologue, which, together with In Memoriam and his experiments with classical meters, indicate the degree to which he patterned himself after the Roman poet Virgil in attempting to provide modern Britain with a literature worthy of a new and rapidly expanding world empire. Stateliest Measures demonstrates that Tennyson's engagement with the long-running and complex nineteenth-century debates concerning Hellenism, Imperialism, and modern British culture was much more profound than previously recognized."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-221) and index Notes Some text in Latin Subject Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Knowledge -- Literature Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Knowledge -- Greece Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Knowledge -- Rome SUBJECT Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 fast Tennyson, Alfred. idszbz Tennyson, Alfred. swd Subject Classicism -- England -- History -- 19th century Classical literature -- Appreciation -- England English poetry -- Classical influences Mythology, Classical, in literature. POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Classical literature -- Appreciation Classicism English poetry -- Classical influences Literature Mythology, Classical, in literature Literatur Klassische Philologie. SUBJECT Greece -- In literature Rome -- In literature Subject England Greece Rome (Empire) Griechisch. Latein. Genre/Form Electronic books History Literature Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442680180 1442680180 1281992518 9781281992512

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