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The Tennyson Page A substantial site of poems (text and audio files) and biographical information which also includes: | |
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A Timeline (With a photograph of the poet.) | |
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A "Tennyson 911" (Specifically posted for students who need information on the poet.) | |
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A Note from Tennyson's Descendants (The page-author has written to two of Tennyson's descendants.) | |
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A Bibliography of Some Recent Works on Tennyson | |
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"Lancelot and Elaine" From the University of Michigan, here is Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine." | |
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The 1919 Edition of the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 Published online by the The New Bartleby Library, this page contains the twelve poems of Tennyson's that were thought most important a couple of generations after his death. The site also places him among important contemporaries. | |
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Incompetech British Author Biographies A page of links to some sarcastic author bios. On this page, for some reason, authors are given humorous but sometimes facile sobriquets. One of the pages indexed here contains some good information on Alfred, "Eccentric" Lord Tennyson: (1809-1892), and some poems. | |
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The Victorian Web An excellent online project from Scholarly Technology Group at Brown University. It includes an enormous amount of information on literature, philosophy, economics, religion, art, and culture during the long reign of Queen Victoria. It has a great site on Tennyson, which may be reached by clicking on the caption below. | |
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: 1809-1892 These pages include many comprehensive, useful pages. Some things here are not found discussed elsewhere in such detail. The page contains internal links to: | |
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An Illuminating Essay on Tennyson and Victorianism | |
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Alfred Lord Tennyson: An Overview This is a somewhat simplified mirror site of the Victorian Web's pages on Tennyson. | |
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Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, Photographer An interesting page. The writer Lewis Carroll, who was also an avid maker of early photographic portraits, took these photos, which include one of Tennyson and one of the poet's son, Hallam. | |
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Project Gutenberg E-texts of two books of poetry by Tennyson, The Princess and Idylls of the King, each posted in several formats. | |
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A Biographical Sketch of Alfred, Lord Tennyson A bulleted biographical sketch of the author. | |
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson A brief biography of the author, with links to two popular poems. | |
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Celtic Twilight Despite the "fantasy" title and appearance of this page, it is an excellent resource for the study of Arthurian Romance. Here you will find a great deal of material a propos of Idylls of the King. The page includes links to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Malory, Spenser, and to Tennyson's poem itself. | |
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Quotations from Tennyson Quotations by the author arranged thematically. | |
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The Odyssey You do not need to have read this to enjoy Tennyson's great poem Ulysses, but it may enrich your understanding of the poem's main character. This site is from MIT. |
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