Sunday, March 11, 2012

Artistry and Tradition of Tennyson's Battle Poetry


PMany readers are aware of Alfred Tennyson's treatment of legendary battles in such poems as Boadicea, The Revenge, Battle of Brunanburh, and Achilles over the Trench. Yet among Tennyson's most neglected works are his first battle poems, pieces that reflect the poet's immersion in the literature of the heroic age. J. Timothy Lovelace argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the iIlliad/i and iAeneid/i, and reinvigorate the heroic ethos that informs these and other ancient texts. Highlighting the heroic aspects of iMaud/i and the iIdylls
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