Tennyson's Scepticism

by Aidan Day

Tennyson is not known for his scepticism. This book argues that he should be. It proposes a revaluation of the way in which his work is read. Tennyson has always been understood as a poet who is committed primarily to endorsing spiritual values. But this study argues that much of his poetry is driven by a metaphysical scepticism that is associated, in part, with rational perspectives deriving from Enlightenment thought. The scepticism in Tennyson's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403991235
• ISBN13: 9781403991232
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"