Alfred-Tennyson丁尼生讲解学习

Victorian poetry
The Victorian age produced two great English poets: Browning & Tennyson. Their poetry was characterized by experiments with new styles and new ways of expression. Browning has paved the way for modern English poetry in the twentieth century.
因父亲去世，丁尼生被迫辍学，两年后，他的挚友哈勒姆又英年 早逝，使他深受打击，此后10内未发表诗作。在此期间，丁尼生 贫困潦倒，但仍然在写诗。1842年，丁尼生又开始发表新诗，从 此诗名与日俱增。1850年，他被封为桂冠诗人。丁尼生是维多利
亚时期的主要诗人，他的诗歌语言极富音乐感和表现力，其主要 诗作有《公主》(The Princess,1847)、《悼念》(In Memoriam A. H. H., 1850)、《毛黛》(Maud, 1855)、《伊诺克·阿登》(Enoch Arden, 1864)和《国王之歌》(Idylls of the King, 1859-1885)等。
sadness over the loss of a dear friend, combining nature with his inner world
Works
Poems by Two Brothers 《兄弟诗集》 Poems, Chiefly Lyrical 《抒情诗集》 Poems 《诗集》 Ulysses 《尤利西斯》 Morte d'Arthur 《摩尔特·亚瑟》 Dora 《朵拉》 The Gardener's Daughter 《园丁的女儿》 The Princess 《公主》 Tears, Idle Tears 《泪水，无聊的泪水》 Come down, O Maid 《来吧，美人》 Sweet and Low 《甜蜜与低缓》 The Splendor Falls 《壮美的瀑布》 In Memoriam 《悼念》 Rizpah 《里兹帕》 Merlin and the Gleam 《魔法师与灵光》 Crossing the Bar 《跨越沙洲》 Idylls of the King 《国王诗歌集》
depression
1830 1831 1832
Published his first volume
leave Cambridge
Appeared his second volume
not well received
The Miller’s Daughter（磨坊主的女儿） The May Queen（五月女王）
He began his long series of idylls of English life.
1836 1842
1847 1850
Went to live near London, for 10 years he published nothing Came forth with 2 volumes，
Victorian poets often rewrite Romantic poems with a sense of belatedness.
Dramatic monologue – the idea of creating a lyric poem in the voice of a speaker ironically distinct from the poet is the great achievement of Victorian poetry.
Alfred-Tennyson丁尼生
作者简介
阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生（Afred Tennyson, 1809-1892）生于林肯 郡的萨默斯比的一个牧师家庭，少有诗名，12岁时便写出了 6000行的史诗，18岁时与其兄出版了《两兄弟诗集》（Poems by Two Brothers，1827）。1828年，丁尼生进入剑桥大学，继 续诗歌创作，并结识哈勒姆（Arthur Henry Hallam）。1831年，
1. Life Story
Born in 1809,at Somersby in Lincolnshire
His father was a vicar
Tennyson
The whole family lived by gift from landed proprietors
severe
Graduated from Cambridge
2. His Major Poetical Works
In Memoriam
《悼念》
1833—1850ຫໍສະໝຸດ 131 short poems
the death of a friend Arthur Henry Hallam
relations between religion and science
Idylls of the King
Established Tennyson’s career as a writer
The Princess（公主） appeared
About the high education of women
In Memoriam（悼念）
1859-1885
Idylls of the King（国王之歌）
Death in 1892
《国王之歌》
1850—1885
12 metrical tales
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
Tennyson’s Best-known Short Poems
– “Break, Break, Break” “拍吧，拍吧，拍吧” – Crossing the Bar “穿过沙洲”
Victorian poetry developed in the context of the novel. Poets sought new ways of telling stories in verse.
All poets show the strong influence of the Romantics, but cannot sustain the confidence the Romantics felt in the power of the imagination.