The hazy settings and amorphous auditors of Tennyson’s dramatic monologues are often contrasted—at Tennyson’s expense—with Browning’s more vivid, concrete realizations. Hughes argues that Tennyson’s achievements in the genre are, in fact, considerable, that his influence can be traced in such major figures as T. S. Eliot, and that the monologue occupies a far more central position in Tennyson’s poetic achievement than has hitherto been acknowledged. Hughes’ study challenges the traditional view of Tennyson’s inferior achievement, and her account of the elements and operation of the dramatic monologue, especially as demonstrated by three of its most important practitioners, will be of interest to all those concerned with the monologue as a poetic mode.
| ISBN: | 9780821408537 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 1987 |
| Author: | Linda K Hughes |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 326 pages |
| Genres: |
Anthologies: general Literature: history and criticism |
The hazy settings and amorphous auditors of Tennyson’s dramatic monologues are often contrasted—at Tennyson’s expense—with Browning’s more vivid, concrete realizations. Hughes argues that Tennyson’s achievements in the genre are, in fact, considerable, that his influence can be traced in such major figures as T. S. Eliot, and that the monologue occupies a far more central position in Tennyson’s poetic achievement than has hitherto been acknowledged. Hughes’ study challenges the traditional view of Tennyson’s inferior achievement, and her account of the elements and operation of the dramatic monologue, especially as demonstrated by three of its most important practitioners, will be of interest to all those concerned with the monologue as a poetic mode.
The Manyfacèd Glass features in the following genres: Anthologies: general, Literature: history and criticism
The Manyfacèd Glass is available in Hardback
The Manyfacèd Glass was written by Linda K Hughes and published by Ohio University Press
The Manyfacèd Glass has 326 pages