The Lady of Shalott - Softcover

Tennyson, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192723715 ISBN 13: 9780192723710

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1999

Synopsis

The award winning artist Charles Keeping, breathes new life into Tennyson's romantic poem. Keeping's evocative pictures tell the story of the lovely maiden, imbowered on her silent isle, grieving with love for bold Sir Lanceleot. The paperback is now reissued with a new cover.

About this title

About the Author:

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom after William Wordsworth and is one of the most popular English poets.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 7 Up The beauty and mystery of Tennyson's poem are reflected in the black-and-white, simple line and wash drawings of this master British illustrator. Through fluid, delicate line, readers see the causeway path to Shalott streaming with villagers and carters; passing knights; reapers in moonlit fields. Then the enigmatic lady is shown, as is her bolting outside after the dazzling Lancelot has passed in her mirror. The stormy skies at nightfall and the wind streaming her hair are wonderfully felt. The illustrations have a muted earthiness that helps place the pictured events in the realm of fancy; the unknowing Lancelot's few words of sympathy add the grace note to the close, where Keeping's cluster of knights' faces seem more human than traditionally heroic. The endpapers view the lady from above, lying in the boat as ``singing in her song she died.'' Several typos mar the text, but where a single illustrated poem can be used, this is a good if stark production. Ruth M. McConnell, San Antonio Public Library, Tex.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192723715
• ISBN 13: 9780192723710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Keeping Charles