内容简介
TennysoninterpretstheArthurianmythasanepicpoem,andhistalesofCamelotsoartoremarkableimaginativeheightstotracethebirthofaking;thefounding,fellowship,anddeclineoftheRoundTable;andtheking'sinevitabledeparture.Encompassingromance,heroism,duty,andconflict,Tennyson'spoetrychartstheriseandfallofalegendarysociety.
作者简介
AlfredTennyson,1stBaronTennyson,FRS(6August1809–6October1892)wasPoetLaureateoftheUnitedKingdomduringmuchofQueenVictoria'sreignandremainsoneofthemostpopularpoetsintheEnglishlanguage.Tennysonexcelledatpenningshortlyrics,"IntheValleyofCauteretz","Break,Break,Break","TheChargeoftheLightBrigade","Tears,IdleTears"and"CrossingtheBar".Muchofhisversewasbasedonclassicalmythologicalthemes,suchasUlysses,althoughInMemoriamA.H.H.waswrittentocommemoratehisbestfriendArthurHallam,afellowpoetandfellowstudentatTrinityCollege,Cambridge,whowasengagedtoTennyson'ssister,butdiedfromacerebralhemorrhagebeforetheyweremarried.TennysonalsowrotesomenotableblankverseincludingIdyllsoftheKing,"Ulysses,"and"Tithonus."Duringhiscareer,Tennysonattempteddrama,buthisplaysenjoyedlittlesuccess.TennysonwroteanumberofphrasesthathavebecomecommonplacesoftheEnglishlanguage,including"Nature,redintoothandclaw","'Tisbettertohavelovedandlost/Thannevertohavelovedatall","Theirsnottoreasonwhy,/Theirsbuttodoanddie","Mystrengthisasthestrengthoften,/Becausemyheartispure","Knowledgecomes,butWisdomlingers",and"Theoldorderchangeth,yieldingplacetonew".HeistheninthmostfrequentlyquotedwriterinTheOxfordDictionaryofQuotationsafterShakespeareandothers.
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