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Author Morton, John (John S.)

Title Tennyson among the novelists / John Morton.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Continuum literary studies series
Continuum literary studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index.
Summary Until now, the study of literary allusion has focused on allusions made by poets to other poets. In Tennyson Among the Novelists, John Morton€presents the first book-length account of the presence of a poet's work in works of prose fiction.€. As well as shedding new light on the poems of Tennyson and their reception history, Morton€covers€a wide variety of novelists including Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Evelyn Waugh, and Andrew O'Hagan, €offering a fresh€look at€their€approach to writing. Morton shows how Tennyson's poetry, despite its frequent depreciati.
Contents Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: ''So word by word, and line by line, / The dead man touched me from the past'': Theories of Influence; Chapter 1 ''This is what I call democratic art -- the revelation of the poetry which lies in common things.'': Tennyson in the Victorian Novel; Chapter 2 ''The heat of life in the handful of dust'': The Turn of the Century; Chapter 3 ''I hate great men'': Tennyson in the Modernist Novel; Chapter 4 ''An infant crying in the night'': D.H. Lawrence and Tennyson; Chapter 5 ''Here at the quiet limit of the world'': The 1930s and 1940s.
Chapter 6 ''Har fleag har fleag har fleag onward'': Popular fiction post-1950Chapter 7 ''She has a lovely face'': Ladies of Shalott 1970-90; Chapter 8 ''A Hundred Years After'': Tennyson at Another Turn of the Century; Chapter 9 ''Sweet ''N Low'': Tennyson Today; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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Subject Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Allusions.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Allusions.
Allusions in literature.
Allusions in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Morton, John (John S.). Tennyson among the novelists. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010 9781441102379 (OCoLC)466343724
ISBN 9781441176622 (electronic book)
1441176624 (electronic book)
9781441102379
144110237X