A Little Taste of Tennyson
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- In this episode I take down a couple of editions of Tennyson and read you part 1 of The Lady of Shalott from an edition with illustrations by Holman Hunt and Rossetti, two of the Pre-Raphealite Brotherhood
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Evening Malcolm,
Wonderful indeed! Fortunately coming back in fashion like the Pre-Raphaelites.
I'm reminded of Waterhouse's great painting 'The Lady of Shalott' inTate Britain which is wonderfully painted with some broad impasto and contrasts with Holman Hunt's tight Pre-Raphaelite rendering. 'Mariana', too, is a great poem full of wonderful images and inspired the beautiful painting by Millais. Tennyson, like Millais, enjoyed pipe smoking to excess!
God bless.
yes indeed, the pipe-smoking is another thing I like about Tennyson
The Victorians for all their highlighted hypocrisy truly built to last and built beautfully and with great feeling, colour and strength...one does not hear the word "Dignity" very often these days nor the word "Majestic"...always good to be reminded...so nice to put the cacophonic modern world down and open a book of poetry...
Thanks, I agree entirely
What a wonderful gift! Thank you. In my University days, I always found myself reading Tennyson in between the writings of other such "great" poets. His instinct in turning a phrase, finding a sound, and making something dramatic seemed almost second nature to him as a poet. I delighted in him, but then kept it quiet because I really, really wanted to sound clever.
Wonderful! it was just the same with me
I love Tennyson.
I have loved Tennyson since I was a young teenager. L.M. Montgomery introduced me to him through Anne. The Lady of Shalott indeed paints such a vivid picture that one can see her in her tower and floating through the water. Finding Tennyson in a work of fiction was a treat that still delights.
yes, he is wonderful
Never knew this side of Tennyson!
Thank you!
I’m just beginning to develop a real interest in poetry, admittedly far too late in my life! And certainly Tennyson is grabbing me!
I heard Benjamin McEvoy talking about ‘The Eagle’ and since then, everything I’ve read of his I have found to be fantastic.
And this poem, and your obvious enthusiasm for it, just seals the deal for me. So thank you!
I can understand why the-Preraphealites were so attracted to the Lady of shalott. The poem fits so well their romanticism.
it does indeed!
Tennyson is marvellous, but you are right about his work being "out of favour"... Shame that is so. Time for a Tennyson revival!
yes indeed! More Tennyson in the next episode!
Dear Mr. Guite, how right you are: Tennyson deserves more readings. TS Elliot was right: he is such a musical poet as evidenced in his In Memoriam: “Ring our wild bells...”. should you do another video that one might be appropriate as we get closer to Christmas 🎄. Thanks for your excellent reading. Kind regards, SF.
yes the next episode is more Tennyson and I shall certainly do moe Tennyson around Christmas if I'm spared
Tennyson? "Unfashionable?" Balderdash. I just finished reading "Idylls of the King" for the first time and my soul is positively giddy.