The Reception of Alfred Tennyson in Europe
Published on 17. November 2016
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-4411-1419-8 (ISBN)
Description
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) has often been considered a particularly British writer in part as his official post as Poet Laureate inevitably committed him to a certain amount of patriotic writing. This volume focuses on his impact on the continent, presenting a major scholarly analysis of Tennyson's wider reception in different areas of Europe. It considers reader and critical responses and explores the effect of his poetry upon his contemporaries and later writers, as well as his influence upon illustrators, painters and musicians. The leading international contributors raise questions of translation and publication and of the choices made for this purpose along with the way in which his ideas and style influenced European writing and culture. Tennyson's reputation in Anglophone countries is now assured, following a decline in the years after his death. This volume enables us to chart the changes in Tennyson's European reputation during the later 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Reviews / Votes
A substantial and scholarly collection with an intriguing story of cultural transmission, appropriation and misunderstanding to tell. * Times Literary Supplement * Fascinating ... A welcome addition to the field of Tennyson studies. * The Year's Work in English Studies *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
9 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
875 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-1419-8 (9781441114198)
DOI
CBID159197
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Leonee Ormond is Professor Emerita of Victorian Studies at King's College, London, UK. She is Chair of the Tennyson Society Publications Board and a member of the Tennyson Society Executive Committee. Her books include Tennyson: A Literary Life (1993).
Content
Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Timeline: European Reception of Tennyson
Paul Barnaby
Introduction
Leonee Ormond
France
1 Tennyson's French Reception
Ann Kennedy Smith
2 Gustave Dore: Interpreter of Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Gilles Soubigou
Italy
3 The Critical Reception of Tennyson in Italy
Giuliana Pieri
4 Sleeping Beauties and Femmes Fatales: Tennyson, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Italian
Pre-Raphaelitism
Giuliana Pieri
Spain
5 The Reception of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Spain: Difficulties and Achievements
Juan Miguel Zarandona
Portugal
6 Between Victorian 'Hypocrisy' and 'Spiritual Supremacy': Tennyson in Portugal
Jorge Bastos da Silva
Germany
7 Tennyson's Reception in Germany
Torsten Caeners
Russia
8 The Reception of Alfred Tennyson in Russia
Olga Sobolev
Bulgaria
9 The Reception of Tennyson in Bulgaria: 1880-2010
Yana Rowland
Greece
10 Tennyson in Greek Letters: 1830-1930: From Enoch Arden to 'Ulysses'
Georgia Gotsi
11 Cavafy's Quarrel with Tennyson
David Ricks
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Timeline: European Reception of Tennyson
Paul Barnaby
Introduction
Leonee Ormond
France
1 Tennyson's French Reception
Ann Kennedy Smith
2 Gustave Dore: Interpreter of Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Gilles Soubigou
Italy
3 The Critical Reception of Tennyson in Italy
Giuliana Pieri
4 Sleeping Beauties and Femmes Fatales: Tennyson, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Italian
Pre-Raphaelitism
Giuliana Pieri
Spain
5 The Reception of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Spain: Difficulties and Achievements
Juan Miguel Zarandona
Portugal
6 Between Victorian 'Hypocrisy' and 'Spiritual Supremacy': Tennyson in Portugal
Jorge Bastos da Silva
Germany
7 Tennyson's Reception in Germany
Torsten Caeners
Russia
8 The Reception of Alfred Tennyson in Russia
Olga Sobolev
Bulgaria
9 The Reception of Tennyson in Bulgaria: 1880-2010
Yana Rowland
Greece
10 Tennyson in Greek Letters: 1830-1930: From Enoch Arden to 'Ulysses'
Georgia Gotsi
11 Cavafy's Quarrel with Tennyson
David Ricks
Bibliography
Index