Alfred Lord Tennyson

Name: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
ISBN: 9789629548797

Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Series: The Great Poets

Narrator: Michael Pennington

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 07/27/2009

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry

Synopsis

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), one of the most popular of poets, is celebrated in 2009. Works such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar and Tears, idle tears have made him an internationally famous figure, and the second most quoted writer of all time (after Shakespeare). Tennyson’s poetic works encompass a great range of styles, settings and personae, and are known for their emotional resonance and powerful imagery. Naxos AudioBooks’s popular ‘The Great Poets’ series marks the anniversary with a CD bringing together all the key works, read by veteran reader Michael Pennington.

About Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) was one of the notable English poets of the Romantic Era and served as English Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Esther on May 20, 2013

This is a pleasantly cohesive collection of Tennyson's work with a helpful introduction and useful notes in the back. I thoroughly enjoyed studying this text with my AS literature students and it was amazing to realise how pervasive Tennyson's influence is within British culture. Having thought I di......more

Goodreads review by Amy on July 12, 2015

Alfred Lord Tennyson can only get 5 stars! It's not a book I'd ever read cover to cover again obviously but he's one of the best poets of all time. I love Tithonus and the Lotus Eaters the most. That's the 2nd book down in the cramathon hosted by Whitney over at Whittynovels and the read a book in ve......more

Goodreads review by Saskia on March 15, 2014

Must be one of my favourite poets of all time. ^_^......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 09, 2022

I can say that this is a good book, however whilst it is a good book, I’m not a great fan of Tennyson. Yes, yes he wrote ‘The Charge of The Light Brigade,’ and other good poems, but some of his poetry, technically very good is rather long.......more

Goodreads review by Aingeal on July 20, 2019

Though well written, Tennyson's poems seemed to be obsessively themed about his god and about death. Now I feel depressed. Well at least I can say I have read Tennyson.......more