Tennyson The Muses' Tug of War |
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| Author:
| Albright, Daniel |
| Series title: | Victorian Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3786-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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"Albright contends that Tennyson's "aesthetic goals were... in conflict" and that his poetry attempts to "unite two incompatible poetics',' one governed by a heavenly muse, the other by an earthly muse suspicious of the idealizations and abstractions held dear by the first. The result is a poetry of "myopia and astigmatism".
"Albright contends that Tennyson's "aesthetic goals were... in conflict" and that his poetry attempts to "unite two incompatible poetics',' one governed by a heavenly muse, the other by an earthly muse suspicious of the idealizations and abstractions held dear by the first. The result is a poetry of "myopia and astigmatism".