Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The purpose of this series is to promote the study of writing in the English language through the introduction of the major figures writing in English throughout the ages.

They provide an analytical and historical framework for understanding their subjects.

This text looks afresh at Tennyson's life achievements.

He blows the dust off Tennyson's image as "perpetually middle-aged" and shows a complex man sustaining his creative powers until the last.