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Definition of Tennysonian

Tennysonian
Tennysonian Ten`ny*so"ni*an, a. Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.

Meaning of Tennysonian from wikipedia

- Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (/ˈtɛnɪsən/; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen...
- JSTOR 1087945. Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Sappho and the Making of Tennysonian Lyric". ELH. 61 (1): 121–137. doi:10.1353/elh.1994.0010. S2CID 162385092...
- JSTOR 284334. Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Sappho and the Making of Tennysonian Lyric". ELH. 61 (1): 121–137. doi:10.1353/elh.1994.0010. JSTOR 2873435...
- cryptic on the novel itself, as he said it was a "Compulsive reworking of Tennysonian and Christiean themes, and pretty high up in the range of classic titles...
- Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Joseph, Gerhard (1969). Tennysonian Love: The Strange Diagonal. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press...
- in Swiftian songwriting) sybariticSybaris tantalizingTantalus Tennysonian – Alfred, Lord Tennyson terpsic****an – Terpsic**** Thalesian – Thales...
- but too facile craftsmanship was tempted by the worst excesses of the Tennysonian tradition: he never thinks—he deems; he does not ask, but craves; he...
- whom the poet of the common-place, Tennyson, has warbled. Where the Tennysonian woman would murmer, subject to the approval of her lord and master, "I...
- Oxford: Oxbow Books. Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Sappho and the Making of Tennysonian Lyric". ELH. 61 (1): 121–137. doi:10.1353/elh.1994.0010. S2CID 162385092...
- live away his life in sensuality. Parallels are drawn between him and a Tennysonian "lotus eater" - heedless to the closure of the lotus flower at sunset...