Anna Barton

Tennyson's Name

Identity and Responsibility in the Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Seeking to understand Tennyson's poetry as the work of a man concerned with making and then living up one of the most famous names in literature, Anna Barton offers close readings of major works from his early lyrics to his Arthurian Idylls. The laureate's keen sense of professional identity, Barton argues, forced him to grapple with modern concern

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780367888039
• ISBN-10: 0367888033
• Artikelnr.: 58441260

Autorenporträt

Anna Barton is a lecturer in English at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: 'of names'
'General names' and 'small names': Tennyson's 2 juvenalia
Inherited names
Naming the dead
Anonymity and the responsible name
The commodified name
The names of old friends
Bibliography
Index.