Alfred Tennyson
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| Original Title: | Idylls of the King |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Merlin, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gareth, Sir Gawain, Sir Mordred, Sir Perceval, Sir Geraint, Vivien, Sir Galahad, Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Balin, Sir Balan, Elaine of Astolat, Enid, Lynette, Sir Pelleas, Ettare, Queen Guinevere, King Arthur |
| Setting: | Logres(United Kingdom) |
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Alternate cover edition of ISBN10: 0140422536; ISBN13: 9780140422535 Written in the middle of his career, Idylls of the King is Tennyson's longest and most ambitious work. Reflecting his lifelong interest in Arthurian themes, his primary sources were Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the Welsh Mabinogion. For him, the Idylls embodied the universal and unending war between sense and soul, and Arthur the highest ideals of manhood and kingship; an attitude totally compatible with the moral outlook of his age. Poetically, Tennyson was heir to the Romantics, and Keats's influence in particular can be seen clearly in much of his work. Yet Tennyson's style is undoubtedly his own and he achieved a delicacy of phrase and subtlety of metrical effect that are unmatched. This edition, based on the text authorized by Tennyson himself, contains full critical apparatus.Identify Containing Books Idylls of the King
| Title | : | Idylls of the King |
| Author | : | Alfred Tennyson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | September 5th 1989 by Penguin Books Limited (first published 1885) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Mythology. Arthurian. Fantasy. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 9129 Users | 233 ReviewsAssess Containing Books Idylls of the King
Free download available at eBooks@Adelaide.From BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3:Alfred Lord Tennyson's epic poem The Idylls of the King, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith and adapted by Michael Symmons Roberts.Tennyson combines Shakespeare, Chaucer and Mallory, then drains the blood from the chimera. He manages to make wealth, fame, war and love boring, which I suppose is an achievement of sorts.Is iambic pentameter really interesting enough to sustain 260 pages? Does this text even benefit from being in verse? It just makes it more of a chore. Chop out the line breaks, I say, and patch together a piece of prose. Truncate the torture. I don't like blank verse generally: the last syllable of every line
This book was every bit as beautiful as I could imagine. I had previously loved and read The Lady of Shalott. Idylls, however, is a testament to his love and knowledge of Arthurian legend. You'll likely walk away from this book with lots of favorite passages. And you might fall in love with the characters of this legend all over again.Lancelot - "...a dying fire of madness in his eyes"Percivale - "Had heaven appear'd so blue, nor earth so green, For all my blood danced in me, and I knew That I
Idylls of the King is a poetical reworking of the classic tales by Tennyson. It is absolutely breathtaking in its prose, lyrical, but coherent. Flowery without being polluted. It certainly helps to be familiar with the lesser known tales of Arthur's court (such as Balin and Balon) otherwise the reader may have a more difficult time understanding the work.It really pulls at your heartstrings. You really come to hate all the women of the court, Guinevere most of all. How something written so long
There are certain books, or authors, that don't hold up to modern political correctness. Mark Twain is one of them; Huckleberry Finn is constantly under threat to be banned from American schools. Robert E. Howard's protagonists routinely face villains who embody the worst of early twentieth century stereotypes. But Tennyson, in Idylls of the King comes under fire for his female characters in his series of epic poems concerning King Arthur and his valorous knights. What is not generally kept in
This particular book is not an edition of Tennyson's work, Idylls of the King, as a whole. It's an abridged version, essentially, with selections from Tennyson's poetry contextualised by brief prose. The reason I have this edition is, of course, the illustrations included, those done by Gustave Doré. Many of them are really spectacular, capturing perfectly the mood of the pieces and scenes.Tennyson's poetry is, of course, powerful and problematic, but I'll review that in itself another time.
A venture of epic poetry, this is Alfred Lord Tennyson's take on the Arthurian legends. An incredible read in its own right, but, when taken in relation to Malory, Tennyson's work highlights the passion, tragedy, and Romanticism that sometimes was left at a simmer in Malory's work. Tennyson's work is more 'fantastic' than Malory's, and his descriptions of Camelot are as awe inspiring for the reader as they are for the characters he follows. For those familiar with Malory, Tennyson does not
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