Tennyson's Camelot
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Tennyson's Camelot

The Idylls of the King and its Medieval Sources

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Tennyson's Camelot

The Idylls of the King and its Medieval Sources

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As the principal narrative poem of nineteenth-century England, Tennyson's Idylls of the King is an ambitious and widely influential reworking of the Arthurian legends of the Middle Ages, which have provided a great body of myth and symbol to writers, painters, and composers for the past hundred years. Tennyson's treatment of these legends is now valued as a deeply significant oblique commentary on cultural decadence and the precarious balance of civilization.

Drawing upon published and unpublished materials, Tennyson's Camelot studies the Idylls of the King from the perspective of all its medieval sources. In noting the Arthurian literature Tennyson knew and paying special attention to the works that became central to his Arthurian creation, the volume reveals the poet's immense knowledge of the medieval legends and his varied approaches to his sources. The author follows the chronology of composition of the Idylls, allowing the reader to see Tennyson's evolving conception of his poem and his changing attitudes to the medieval accounts. The Idylls of the King stands, ultimately, as the poet's own Camelot, his legacy to his generation, an indictment of his society through a vindication of his idealism.

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Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780889205987
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Critica letteraria inglese

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1. On the Road to Camelot
  9. Chapter 2. 1859: The Four Women: Enid, Vivien, Elaine, Guinevere
  10. Chapter 3. 1869: The Holy Grail: The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, Pelleas and Ettarre, The Passing of Arthur
  11. Chapter 4. 1873: Autumn and Spring: The Last Tournament, Gareth and Lynette
  12. Chapter 5. Towards a Completion: Balin and Balan
  13. Chapter 6. The Realm of Tennyson's King
  14. Epilogue: Alfred Tennyson and Victorian Arthuriana
  15. Appendix 1. Morte d'Arthur
  16. Appendix 2. Collinson's Somersetshire
  17. Appendix 3. The Seduction of Merlin
  18. Appendix 4. The Prose Drafts of the Idylls of the King
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index