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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450934403321

Autore

Lovelace John Timothy

Titolo

The artistry & tradition of Tennyson's battle poetry / / by J. Timothy Lovelace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-88600-8

0-415-76264-2

1-135-88601-6

1-280-07611-9

0-203-49079-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Studies in major literary authors ; ; v. 28

Disciplina

821/.8

Soggetti

Classicism - England - History - 19th century

Military art and science in literature

English poetry - Greek influences

Battles in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Tennyson and the Heroic Tradition; The Early War Poetry; Historical and Legendary Battles; Contemporary Conflicts; Maud; Idylls of the King; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the Iliad and the Aeneid, and reinvigorate the heroic ethos that informs these and other ancient texts.