Tennyson The Muses' Tug of War |
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Author:
| Albright, Daniel |
Series title: | Victorian Literature and Culture Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1100-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1986 |
Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $84.00 |
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".