Favorite Tennyson Poems [S-11-20]
| Presenter: | Robert (Bob) DeGraaff |
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| Location: | Partridge Knoll: Multi-Purpose Room |
| Classes: | 4 Sessions 1.5 hours |
| Dates: | N/ATue 2:00 AM 04/05, 04/12, 04/19, 04/26 |
| Status: | CLOSED |
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In this course participants will do a close reading of some of Tennyson’s more popular short poems, along with some sections of the poet’s “In Memoriam: AHH.”
Robert (Bob) DeGraaff was the Victorian literature specialist in the English Department at SLU for nearly 40 years. He retired in 2008.
NOTES: 1) Suggested book: Tennyson’s Poetry, ed. Robert W. Hill, Norton Critical (2nd edition) – available on amazon.com (new or used), 2) A reading list will be sent with your course registration confirmation; this list is also posted below.
READING LIST:
Song (“A spirit haunts the year’s last hours”)
The Kraken
Mariana
Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere
The Lady of Shalott
To ------------ (“As when with downcast eyes we muse”)
The Lotos-Eaters
The Eagle
Ulysses
Tithonus
Break, Break, Break
In Memoriam A. H. H. 2, 5, 7, 14, 21, 27, 50, 54, 55,
56, 66, 67, 78, 82, 95, 106, 115, 118
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Milton
June Bracken and Heather
Crossing the Bar