by Alfred Lord Tennyson · Dover Publications · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780486437958
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«Idylls of the King» is the epic poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published by Dover Publications in paperback (304 pages, in English).
The poem recreates the Arthurian legend: the birth of King Arthur, the founding, splendour and fall of the Round Table, and the king's final departure. Its stories interweave romance, heroism and betrayal, with episodes featuring Gareth, Geraint, Merlin, Vivien, Lancelot and Elaine, up to the quest for the Holy Grail.
2004 edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series, in English, with an introduction and footnotes.
For readers of Victorian poetry, Arthurian mythology and classics of English literature.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Some critics described Tennyson as overly sentimental. However, his poems proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
