Alfred Tennyson And His Work
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Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire,
fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson. Tennyson, said to
be the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will be discussed in this
essay.
Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, because seve ....
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.... at Cambridge. In 1829 The Apostles, an undergraduate
club, invited him to join. The members of this group would remain Tennyson's
friends all his life.
Arthur Hallam was the most important of these friendships. Hallam, a
brilliant Victorian young man was recognized by his peers as having unusual
promise. He and Tennyson knew each other only four years, but their intense
friendship had a major influence on the poet. On a visit to Somersby, Hallam
met and later became engaged to Emily Tenn ....
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