Tennyson and the Fabrication of Englishness

Marion Sherwood is an independent scholar, having retired from a career in investment banking and returning to full-time education. She studied English at postgraduate level with the Open University, writing her PhD on Tennyson, on whom she has also published several journal articles.

A Note on the Text Preface Introduction: The Enigma of Englishness 1. 'A Poet in the Truest and Highest Sense': The Early Poems and their Reception 2. 'Mr. Tennyson's Singular Genius': The Reception of Poems (1832) 3. 'Mr. Tennyson's Truly English Spirit': Landscape and Nature in Poems (1842) 4. 'Fair Victoria's Golden Age': Tennyson and Monarchy 5. 'To Serve as Model for the Mighty World': Tennyson and Medievalism 6. 'Ever-broadening England': Tennyson and Empire Conclusion: Fabricating Englishness Works Cited Index