One of the most comprehensive surveys of Tennyson's poetry yet available for the serious student. It includes selections from the 1830, 1832 and 1842 volumes, together with songs from "The Princess"; "In Memoriam"; complete poems from the middle period, and a generous offering from the late period. The authoritative texts are based on the Cambridge Tennyson; additional selections have been taken from Sir Charles Tennyson's editions of Tennyson's "Unpublished...

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