Written in the middle of his career, Idylls of the King is Tennyson's
longest and most ambitious work. Reflecting his lifelong interest in Arthurian
themes, his primary sources were Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the
Welsh Mabinogion. For him, the Idylls embodied the universal
and unending war between sense and soul, and Arthur the highest ideals
of manhood and kingship; an attitude totally compatible with the moral
outlook of his age.
Poetically, Tennyson was heir to the Romantics, and Keats's influence
in particular can be seen clearly in much of his work. Yet Tennyson's style
is undoubtedly his own and he achieved a delicacy of phrase and subtlety
of metrical effect that are unmatched. This edition, based on the text
authorized by Tennyson himself, contains full critical apparatus.
Text in English
Editor: J.M. Gray
Taal / Language : English
Paperback / softback
384 pagina's
Januari 1989
256 gram
198 x 128 x 21 mm
Penguin Classics

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