Tennyson, A Selected Edition
Tennyson, Alfred Lord; Edited by Christophe Ricks
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1989
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AS-NEW First U.S. Trade Paperback Edition (1989; Orig. Longman Group UK Limited 1989) w/ no. line at "2" indicating Second Printing: IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW square binding w/ tight sheets but showing slightest "cosmetic" incidence of creasing of spine, PRISTINE interior presenting superbly annotated texts on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 5.36" x 8.50" x 2.18", 1.30 kg, xxxii+1032 (1064) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: This is the only fully annotated & comprehensive selection of Tennyson's poetry. It provides teachers, students & the general reader w/ an affordable paperback of the central body of the work which the Sunday Telegraph described as "the best edition this century of the best poet of the last century". "Tennyson: A Selected Edition" is drawn from Christopher Ricks' own "The Poems of Tennyson", which first appeared in 1969 & was published as a second 3-volume edition in 1987. Acclaimed by both the literary & academic worlds, it is acknowledged as a major achievement of editorial scholarship & has established itself as the authoritative edition of the great poet of the Victorian age. "Tennyson: A Selected Edition" includes in full all four of Tennyson's long poems ("The Princess", "In Memoriam", "Maud" & "Idylls of the King") as well as all the great poems, including "Mariana", "The Lady of Shalott", "Morte d'Arthur", "Ulysses" & "Tithonus". In addition, & of vital importance to the scholar & student, this edition retains all the head-notes & footnotes from the complete edition, which shed valuable light on context & composition & which illuminate the wealth of allusion, classical & other, that Tennyson brought to bear within his poetry. Now in this corrected edition, "Tennyson: A Selected Edition" will remain the standard edition for many years to come. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: CHRISTOPHER RICKS is Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University & co-director of the Editorial Institute. He is the author of "Tennyson" (second edition, 1989) & is the co-editor (w/ Aidan Day) of "The Tennyson Archive", which reproduces in facsimile Tennyson's manuscripts (31 vols., 1987-93). RIcks has also edited "The New Oxford Book of English Verse" & "The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse" (1989). He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford for the term 2004-2009. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for an additional below-cost fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL to all international destinations.…
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- Title
- Tennyson, A Selected Edition
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord; Edited by Christophe Ricks
- Publisher
- University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520066669
- ISBN 13
- 9780520066663
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback Edition
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Item weight
- 1.3 kilograms
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Tennyson: A Selected Edition is drawn from Christopher Ricks' own The Poems of Tennyson , which first appeared in 1969 and was published as a second, three-volume edition, in 1987. Acclaimed by both the literary and academic worlds, it is acknowledged as a major achievement of editiorial scholarship and has established itself as the authoritative edition of the great poet of the Victorian age.
Tennyson: A Selected Edition includes in full all four of Tennyson's long poems - The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, and Idylls of the King - as well as all the great poems includingMariana, The Lady of Shalott, Morte d'Arthur, Ulysses and Tithonus . In addition - and of vital importance to the scholar and student - this edition retains all the headnotes and footnotes from the complete edition, which shed valuable light on context and composition and which illuminate the wealth of allusion, classical and other, that Tennyson brought to bear within his poetry.
Now in a corrected edition, Tennyson: A Selected Edition will remain the standard edition for many years to come.
Christopher Ricks is Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University and co-director of the Editorial Institute. He is the author of Tennyson (second edition, 1989), and is the co-editor, with Aidan Day, of The Tennyson Archive, which reproduces in facsimile Tennyson's manuscripts (31 vols., 1987-93). His Professor of Poetry at Oxford for the term 2004-2009.
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