Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart
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Behind the laurel wreath and the public grandeur of Victorian England's most celebrated poet lies a man tormented by self-doubt, financial ruin, grief, and an almost paralyzing fear of madness — Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart strips away the myth to reveal the deeply conflicted human being at the centre of an age. Robert Bernard Martin chronicles Alfred Lord Tennyson's life from his turbulent Lincolnshire childhood, through the devastating loss of his closest friend Arthur Hallam, to his eventual rise as Poet Laureate and literary icon of the Victorian era. Martin presents a portrait rich in psychological depth, drawing on extensive archival research to illuminate the private anxieties that shaped some of the greatest poetry in the English language. Martin's biography stands as a landmark work of literary scholarship, admired for its meticulous research and its elegant, authoritative prose that never sacrifices readability for academic rigour. He argues convincingly that Tennyson's genius was inseparable from his suffering — that the restless, unquiet heart of the title was the very engine of his art. For readers who know Tennyson only through In Memoriam or The Charge of the Light Brigade, this biography opens a door to a far more complex, fascinating, and deeply human figure whose inner world remains as compelling as his verse.
Author: Robert Bernard Martin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Oxford University Press / Faber and Faber
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Good.
Behind the laurel wreath and the public grandeur of Victorian England's most celebrated poet lies a man tormented by self-doubt, financial ruin, grief, and an almost paralyzing fear of madness — Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart strips away the myth to reveal the deeply conflicted human being at the centre of an age. Robert Bernard Martin chronicles Alfred Lord Tennyson's life from his turbulent Lincolnshire childhood, through the devastating loss of his closest friend Arthur Hallam, to his eventual rise as Poet Laureate and literary icon of the Victorian era. Martin presents a portrait rich in psychological depth, drawing on extensive archival research to illuminate the private anxieties that shaped some of the greatest poetry in the English language. Martin's biography stands as a landmark work of literary scholarship, admired for its meticulous research and its elegant, authoritative prose that never sacrifices readability for academic rigour. He argues convincingly that Tennyson's genius was inseparable from his suffering — that the restless, unquiet heart of the title was the very engine of his art. For readers who know Tennyson only through In Memoriam or The Charge of the Light Brigade, this biography opens a door to a far more complex, fascinating, and deeply human figure whose inner world remains as compelling as his verse.