In Memoriam: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism

by Alfred Tennyson, Mrs. Alfred Gatty, Hallam Tennyson

Book Overview

The text of In Memoriam reprinted in this Norton Critical Edition is that of the Eversley Edition of Tennyson's Works, published in 1907-8, edited by the poet's son, Hallam, Lord Tennyson, and annotated by Tennyson himself. The Criticism section offers a variety of more recent commentary on such matters as the relationship of In Memoriam to mid-Victorian science; Tennyson's struggles with religious faith and doubt; the poet's aesthetic creed; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393093794
• ISBN13: 9780393093797
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A great Writer

When I first began to read this book, it was in my Senior English class. At first I thought it would be some dumb poem. But as we read I became so enthralled I couldn't put it down. Alfred Tennyson wrote with such good emotion and truth I felt I knew what he was feeling. He describes so many emotions that most of us feel, and he did it so well. This is a very wonderful book! And although I have only read it once, that is all it took for me to know that it has become one of my favorite.