Tennyson's Scepticism

by a day, Aidan Day Professor, Aidan Day

Tennyson is not known for his scepticism. This book argues that he should be. It proposes a revaluation of the way in which his work is read. Tennyson has always been understood as a poet who is committed primarily to endorsing spiritual values. But this study argues that much of his poetry is driven by a metaphysical scepticism that is associated, in part, with rational perspectives deriving from Enlightenment thought. The scepticism in Tennyson's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349542709
• ISBN13: 9781349542703
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"