A Study Of The Life And Career Of Lord Alfred Tennyson and Selected Cri

A Study Of The Life And Career Of Lord Alfred TennysonAnd Selected Criticism Of His Works     Whether a person likes or dislikes the works of Lord Alfred Tennyson,most would agree that he was one of the most influential writers of his time period. Tennyson grew up in a wealthy family never wanting for anything. English authoroften regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennysonsucceeded Wordsworth as Poet honourable in 1850 he was appointed by QueenVictoria and served 42 old age. Tennysons works were melancholic, and reflectedthe moral and intellectual values of his time, which made them especially susceptible for later critic.     Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. His father,George Clayton Tennyson, a clergyman and rector, suffered from natural depression andwas nonoriously absentminded. Alfred began to write poetry at an early age in thestyle of Lord Byron. After spending four unhappy years in school he was tutoredat home. Tennyson then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he joinedthe literary club The Apostles and met Arthur Hallam, who became his closestfriend. The undergraduate society discussed contemporary social, religious,scientific, and literary issues. Encouraged by The Apostles, Tennyson publishedPOEMS, generally LYRICAL, in 1830, which included the popular Mariana. Hetravelled with Hallam on the Continent. By 1830, Hallam had become engaged toTennysons sister Emily. After his fathers death in 1831 Tennyson returned toSomersby without a degree.      His next book, POEMS (1833), received unfavorable reviews, andTennyson ceased to publish for nearly ten years. Hallam died on the spur of the moment on the sameyear in Vienna. It was a heavy tramp to Tennyson. He began to write ImMemorian for his lost friend - the work took seventeen years. A revised volume ofPoems, which included the The Lady of Shalott and The Lotus-eaters. MortedArthur and Ulysses appeared in 1842 in the two-volume POEMS, and constituted his reputation as a writer. In Ulysses Tennyson portrayed the Greek after(prenominal) his travels, longing past days "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / Torust unburnished, not to shine in use"     After marrying Emily Sellwood, whom he had already met in 1836,... ... heart blend and break, one against theother, with the pathetic inconsistency. 7     As for Tennysons other great work, Idylls of the King, hatful seemed togive it a practically nicer criticism. Prince Albert felt that the poems, which hethourghly enjoyed, rekindle the feeling with which the legends of King Arthurmust get down inspired the chivalry of old, whilst the graceful form in which they arepresented blends those feelings with the softer woodland of our present age. 8     Tennysons other popular works include The Princess, Maud andDrama . These are ju st a few of his poems Tennyson wrote hundreds in hiscareer.     It seems that the critics of Tennysons work, either loves it or hates it thereis rarely a middle ground. most(prenominal) critics seems to enjoy Idylls of the King andgive it much better reviews than those of In Memoriam which people dont seemto like as much.           Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92) was considered Englands sterling(prenominal)poet in the last half of the 19th century. People from every passing of life understoodand loved his work.