Alfred Lord Tennyson

One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems.

Based on Malory's "Morte d'Arthur", the "Idylls" (written between 1833 and 1869) tell the classic story of Arthur's struggle to maintain order and preserve his kingdom in the face of monumental upheavals, including civil war, his wife's adultery with his best friend, and betrayals by his once-close associates. Arthur's last soliloquy before he dies and is carried off in the "dusky barge" to Avalon, where great heroes find eternal life, includes the lines, "The old order changeth, yielding place to new,/And God fulfills himself in many ways..." The poem's last lines are, "And the new sun rose ...

Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet includes the famous long narrative poem, "Enoch Arden," plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the crannied Wall" and more. Also included are excerpts from three longer works: " The Princess," "Maud" and "The Brook."

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) fue el poeta ingles más popular de su tiempo. Nombrado poeta laureado por la reina Victoria en 1850, cantó la naturaleza y ensalzó los ritmos vitales y creadores de los ciclos naturales, siempre con un estilo depurado y hondamente musical. Esta antologia recoge algunos de los mejores poemas nacidos de la pluma de Tennyson, incluyendo el monumental "In memoriam", la gran elegia dedicada a su amigo Arthur Henry Hallam que le valio el reconocimiento general como poeta mayor, y que presentamos traducida al castellano integramente por primera vez.