Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King

Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-05

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0486113256

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Tennyson interprets the Arthurian myth as an epic poem, tracing the birth of a king; the founding, fellowship, and decline of the Round Table; and the king's inevitable departure.

The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English

Author: Ian Ousby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-02-23

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780521436274

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Derived from the parent Guide to Literature in English, this volume offers in concise form over 4,000 entries on literature in English from cultures throughout the world. Writers and major works from the UK and the USA are represented, as are those from Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, India, and Africa. The coverage is broad - from the classics of English literature to the best of modern writing. Additionally, the Guide has a wealth of entries on literary movements, groups or schools in literature and criticism, literary magazines, genres and sub-genres, critical concepts, and rhetorical terms.

Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King

Author: Tennyson Alfred

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2023-07-13

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13:

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The Idylls are a series of twelve long blank verse poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, telling the tale of Arthur and his round table. While some of them are stories of adventure and daring of the kind you’d expect from an Arthurian epic, many take on a darker tone, relating how Arthur was betrayed and how his kingdom grew decadent and eventually fell. The poems stand on their own as carefully-constructed and masterful examples of long-form blank-verse poetry, and they’re engaging to read strictly as tales of knighthood and intrigue—but many also read the Idylls as allegorical references to Victorian societal mores.