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Original Title:	Idylls of the King
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Merlin, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gareth, Sir Gawain, Sir Mordred, Sir Perceval, Sir Geraint, Vivien, Sir Galahad, Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Balin, Sir Balan, Elaine of Astolat, Enid, Lynette, Sir Pelleas, Ettare, Queen Guinevere, King Arthur
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Idylls of the King

Alfred Tennyson

Paperback | Pages: 384 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 9129 Users | 233 Reviews

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Title	:	Idylls of the King
Author	:	Alfred Tennyson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	September 5th 1989 by Penguin Books Limited (first published 1885)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. Mythology. Arthurian. Fantasy. Fiction

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Alternate cover edition of ISBN10: 0140422536; ISBN13: 9780140422535

Written in the middle of his career, Idylls of the King is Tennyson's longest and most ambitious work. Reflecting his lifelong interest in Arthurian themes, his primary sources were Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the Welsh Mabinogion. For him, the Idylls embodied the universal and unending war between sense and soul, and Arthur the highest ideals of manhood and kingship; an attitude totally compatible with the moral outlook of his age. Poetically, Tennyson was heir to the Romantics, and Keats's influence in particular can be seen clearly in much of his work. Yet Tennyson's style is undoubtedly his own and he achieved a delicacy of phrase and subtlety of metrical effect that are unmatched. This edition, based on the text authorized by Tennyson himself, contains full critical apparatus.

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I have a beautiful, old edition of this book. I wish I could show you.On the book marker, in old-fashioned cursive, it says,Merry ChristmasTo LottiefromDoraUpdate:This is a truly beautiful work. Enchanting. Mesmerizing, really.There is just one little thing though...I'd heard rumblings of this book being misogynistic. Loving Tennyson as I do, I refused to believe it. Basically, I read the book like this:"Well, that's not necessarily sexist...Okay, it is. But, surely he didn't intend...Okay, he

I could give you a hundred literary reasons to read these poems. I could talk about how Arthur mirrors Tennyson's own time. I could point out that Tennyson is one of the greats. The real reason why I love this book, why I love these poems is simply the poem "Gareth and Lynette". There are times when a reader feels truly connected to an author. Not in the sense of the written word being read, but in the sense of learning something about the author that also applies to the reader. For instance,



it's beautiful; tennyson just has the best ear. the whole thing just demands to be read aloud, and not just read but almost sung. storywise it sags a bit in the middle but really pulls it out at the end. (it's not really a single epic, more a collection of linked poems (and a collection written over a period of 25+ years.)) my favorites were "Gareth and Lynette" (by far) and "Lancelot and Elaine." strangely i think the weakest is the one about the holy grail. Then quickly rose Sir Bedivere, and

As usual, I thought right up there the short story of Balin, who is to blame for his own tragedy ('My violences, my violences!'). Darker than I had expected and gutsier. I think I decided to read this at last after I saw a book on Tennyson's battle poetry. How he wrote 54 battle poems and had a genuine feel for the 'heroic ethos' of ancient fiction to which he was devoted. Fair enough, I thought. Tried a couple of short ones: his Boadicea is as bloody as she came, and I throbbed to 'The Revenge:

I have read my softcover copy so many times it is falling apart. I really need to get a nice, illustrated, hard cover. I read this book several times a year. And sob hysterically at the end so that I can hardly finish. The saddest lines for me are (spoken by Arthur to Guinevere visiting her in the nunnery before the final battle with Modred):"Thou hast not made my life so sweet to me,That I the King should greatly care to live;For thou hast spoilt the purpose of my life."The agony in those

A venture of epic poetry, this is Alfred Lord Tennyson's take on the Arthurian legends. An incredible read in its own right, but, when taken in relation to Malory, Tennyson's work highlights the passion, tragedy, and Romanticism that sometimes was left at a simmer in Malory's work. Tennyson's work is more 'fantastic' than Malory's, and his descriptions of Camelot are as awe inspiring for the reader as they are for the characters he follows. For those familiar with Malory, Tennyson does not