"Poetical Works Of Alfred Lord Tennyson" 1926 TENNYSON, Alfred Lord
$250
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord
[601] pp.
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
1926
6 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London, England
In publisher's marbled chemise-lined slipcase
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his poems ultimately proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.