Critical Essays on the Poetry of Tennyson

Preface Introduction: Tennyson, A Review of Modern Criticism Part I: Tennyson in Temporal Contexts- The Victorian and the Modern 1. The Age of Tennyson 2. Tennyson as a Modern Poet Part II: Tennyson in Artistic Contexts 3. Tennyson and Picturesque Poetry 4. Tennyson and the Romantic Epic Part III: Symbol and Myth- Modes of Indirection 5. Tennyson’s Garden of Art: A Study of the Hesperides 6. Symbolism in Tennyson's Minor Poems 7. The ‘High-Born Maiden’ Symbol in Tennyson 8. Tennyson’s Mythology: Study of Demeter and Persephone Part IV: Various Readings: I Ulysses 9. The Dilemma of Tennyson 10. Tennyson’s 'Ulysses'- A Reinterpretation II. ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ 11. The Motivation of Tennyson’s Weeper 12. ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ 13. ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ Again Part V: In Memoriam 14. In Memoriam Part VI: Maud 15. Tennyson’s Maud- The Function of the Imagery Part VII: Idylls of the King- A Fresh View 16. Tennyson’s Idylls Index