Poet To Poet: Tennyson

Resumen del libro

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets in our literature.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92) was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, the sixth of eleven children of a clergyman. After a childhood marked by trauma, he went up to Cambridge in 1828, where he met Arthur Hallam, whose premature death had a lasting influence on Tennyson's life and writing. His two volumes of Poems (1842) established him as the leading poet of his generation, and of the Victorian period. He was created Poet Laureate in 1850 and in 1883 accepted a peerage.

Biografía del autor

(Somersby, Lincolnshire, 1809 - Lurgashall, Sussex Occidental, 1892) es uno de los grandes nombres del posromanticismo, autor de una obra de gran habilidad poética que buscó inspiración con frecuencia en motivos y leyendas medievales y llegó a gozar de enorme popularidad. Publicó su primer libro, Poemas de dos hermanos (1827), en colaboración con su hermano Charles. Al año siguiente ingresó en el Trinity College de Cambridge, donde entró en contacto con una sociedad secreta de gran prestigio, The Apostles. Allí conoció al que sería su gran amigo, Arthur Hallan, a quien dedicó uno de sus poemas más famosos, In memoriam, considerado su obra maestra. En 1850, tras la muerte de Wordsworth, Tennyson fue nombrado poeta laureado por la reina Victoria.