Tennyson was the chief poetic voice of his age, and he remains one of the most h
ighly regarded masters of the music and mood of verse. This authoritative editio
n brings together a unique combination of Tennyson's poetry and prose, spanning
his entire career, from his striking juvenilia, through his career as Poet Laure
ate, to the powerful poetry he wrote in his ninth decade. It contains such class
ics as "The Lady of Shalott," "Morte d'Arthur," Break, Break, Break," "Locksley
Hall," "Ulysses," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," and "Tears, Idle Tears." It
also includes in its entirety Tennyson's quasi-feminist epic The Princess, as w
ell as the whole of In Memoriam, Maud, and Enoch Arden, and several sections of
Idylls of the King. The poems are augmented with a broad selection from Tennyson
's letters, as well as relevant passages from his son Hallam Tennyson's Memoir o
f his father, where Tennyson talks widely about his own poetry and the writing o
f others. Robert Adams provides an insightful introduction and valuable notes, a
nd the edition includes an up-to-date bibliography.
