Tennyson's 'Idylls,' pure poetry, and the market. (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Felluga, Dino Franco | Copyright information

Critics are divided on the issue of pure poetry, considered an archgeneric form. One of the factors influencing the writing of poetry then was the political economy/market. Poets then were posited in a dilemma whether 'to be like the novel' or just 'be poetic.' Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King' succumbed to the pressure placed on the poets and poetry during that period. The 'Idylls' succeeded in the 1960s but was criticized a decade later. As an aftereffect of Tennyson's work, a con...

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