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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred Tennyson, first Baron Tennyson, was born in Lincolnshire, England. He was educated at Cambridge University and then dedicated himself to becoming a poet. His works include Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830); Poems (1832); Poems (1842); The Princess (1847); In Memoriam (1850); Maud and Other Poems (1870); Idylls of the King (1859); Enoch Arden Etc. (1864); The Holy Grail and Other Poems (1870); Ballads and Other Poems (1880); Tiresias, and Other Poems (1885); Demeter, and Other Poems (1889); and The Foresters (1892). His plays include Queen Mary (1875), Harold (1876), The Falcon (1884), and Becket (1884). Tennyson became poet laureate of England in 1850, succeeding William Wordsworth, and was invested the first Baron Tennyson, or Lord Tennyson, in 1884. Tennyson was greatly influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Keats. Along with Robert Browning, Tennyson constitutes the third generation of English Romantic Poets, succeeding John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron. Author Links The Victorian Web: Alfred Lord Tennyson This comprehensive site features not only information on Tennyson's life and work, but material on Tennyson's contemporaries and on his historical context. Legends: King Arthur This site features a variety of materials on the legends of King Arthur and his court, including an annotated list links to other sites.

"Lady of Shalott" The Victorian Web: Alfred Lord Tennyson Legends: King Arthur

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