Beschreibung:
Through an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world.
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