In Memoriam (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- First Published: 1850
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric sequence, Elegy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Death or dying, Victorian era or Victorianism
Critical Evaluation:
In Memoriam A.H.H., Obiit. MDCCCXXXIII, unquestionably one of the four greatest elegies of English literature, records the intellectual, emotional, religious, and aesthetic changes Alfred, Lord Tennyson underwent in the sixteen-year period following the early and tragic death of his closest friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, in Vienna, on September 15, 1833. The year In Memoriam was first published, 1850, was also the year Tennyson married Emily Sellwood and succeeded William Wordsworth as poet laureate.
In Memoriam, the poem for which...
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