Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

1. A nineteenth-century English poet, very popular in his own time; he was poet laureate of Britain for over forty years. Among his works are “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” “Crossing the Bar,” and Idylls of the King (a retelling of the legend of King Arthur) (see also Arthur).

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 195, 290, 362.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 37, 38-43; his early poems, 38; his development, 39-42; Lockhart on, 39; Carlyle on, 40; Edward Fitzgerald on, 42; and Keats, 42; 220-228; his patriotism, 221; and the Arthurian legends, 222-223; his blank verse, 223-224; his dramatic poems, 224-227.

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TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.—Maud, and other poems.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 158, 209;  Maud, 158;  The Princess, 209.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, education of, v, 75; early poems of, v, 77; appearance of, v, 79; literary position of, v, 81; Poet Laureate, v, 82; marriage of, v, 82; Queen Victoria and, v, 84; friendship with Arthur Hallam, v, 85; 455referred to, i, 91; iv, 165; iv, 253; v, 13, 97, 294; vi, 199; xii, 57; Brookfield and, v, 76; insularism of, v, 83; Kemble and, v, 76; his love of solitude, v, 79; Milnes and, v, 76; Spedding and, v, 76; Wordsworth compared with, i, 222.

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