Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A Memoir
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- Author: Hallam Tennyson
- Date Published: June 2012
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- isbn: 9781108050272
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Hallam Tennyson's biography of his father Alfred, Lord Tennyson, remains the authoritative source of information on the poet's life. Begun immediately after his death in 1892 and published five years later, this two-volume work was produced in order to 'preclude the chance of further and unauthentic biographies', and is formed largely of a wealth of documentary evidence: the letters, journals, and personal reminiscences of the poet and those close to him. Adhering to Tennyson's wishes, on his death his son and wife destroyed over three-quarters of the 40,000 letters he left behind, but those selected and reprinted here nonetheless give a fascinating insight into the personal life of the poet; guarded and respectful in its commemorative tone, but avoiding overzealous eulogy or critical review. Volume 1 covers the period up to 1864; Volume 2 continues to the poet's death, and includes short memoirs by many eminent Victorians.
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- Date Published: June 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108050272
- length: 1132 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 65 mm
- weight: 1.75kg
- contains: 24 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
Chronology
1. Boyhood
2. Cambridge
3. Cambridge, Somersby and Arthur Hallam
4. Arthur Hallam
5. The 1832 volume
6. Visits to the Lakes and elsewhere
7. Extracts from letters to Emily Sellwood
8. London life and the 1842 volumes
9. Reminiscences of Tennyson
10. Letters
11. Switzerland
12. 'The Princess'
13. Cheltenham, London, Cornwall, Scotland and Ireland
14. 'In Memoriam'
15. Marriage
16. Cheltenham and Whitby
17. Twickenham
18. Farringdon
19. 'Maud'
20. Home life and Idylls of the King
21. Tour in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
22. Farringford friends
23. Derbyshire and Yorkshire
Appendix. Volume 2:
1. The 'Enoch Arden' volume
2. My mother's journal and my father's letter-diaries
3. Tour in Switzerland
4. 'The Holy Grail', and my mother's journal
5. The Idylls of the King and 'Balin and Balan'
6. My mother's journal, and letters
7. Metaphysical society
8. Historical plays
9. Reminiscences by the Rt Hon. W. E. H. Lecky
10. Aldworth and London
11. Death of Charles Turner
12. Ballads and poems
13. Spedding's death
14. Voyage on the Pembroke Castle
15. Peerage
16. Letters
17. Death of Lionel
18. Society, politics, cruise in the Stella
19. My father's illness
20. 'Demeter and other poems'
21. Old friends and new poems
22. The last year
23. The last chapter
Memoirs by various personages
Epilogue
Appendix
Index.
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