What's the best edition of Tennyson?

[Anonymous No.22470650]

and what does /lit/ think of him?

[Anonymous No.22470683]

>>22470650
Your picture is the best one imo. Has all the important works with fantastic page layout, font, and explanatory notes and history information. I did use Broadview's "Victorian Poetry" textbook for quite some time, and it was fine, but it didn't have "Maud," at least the one edition I had.

As for what I think of him, he is one of the towering figures of all English poetry. No other poet can even touch him when it comes to meter. Read his work aloud and you'll see how effortlessly he blends dactylics and spondees between lines. "In Memoriam" is obviously his best, but if you are just starting out with him then I'd recommend "Break, Break, Break," "The Lotus Eaters," and "Ulysses."

[Anonymous No.22470789]

>>22470683
thank you! I got interested by way of reading up on the Grail myth, and Arthurian mythology on general. Seems he wrote quite a bit based on that, and what I've read I liked. But I'm indeed just starting out, never read much Victorian poetry desu, except for a bit of Browning, so thanks for the recs.

[Anonymous No.22470805]

>>22470650
I’m waiting for the feminist plain language re-writing so that he is more accessible to women, minorities and other retards.

[Anonymous No.22470816]

Oxford Major Works is a fucking great series. Almost always the best bet for most canonical poets.
Protip: it used to be called Oxford Authors and you can pick old editions (with identical contents and notes) for cheap off eBay.

[Anonymous No.22470855]

>>22470789
Oh, Tennyson has a ton of work on the Grail and Arthurian myths. You're about have a blast. If that's the case then you should definitely read "The Lady of Shallot" first.
>>22470816
Also this OP is correct. A lot of the older editions, which have pretty much identical notes and essays, are cheap on eBay or Thriftbooks.

[Anonymous No.22470877]

>>22470805
Kek. How about you actually go out and meet women, anon. Most women actually love Tennyson.

[Anonymous No.22470898]

>>22470877
You must be as great at putting things in your ass as you must be pulling things out of them.
Let's not even pretend most men know about Tennyson, let alone women.

[Anonymous No.22470912]

>>22470898
Let me be more specific for your retarded faggot brain: most women within academia and the literary world still love Tennyson. I have literally not met a single woman within universities or publishing houses who has ever said anything less than "oh, I really like him" and then proceed to list a couple of his poems.

[Anonymous No.22470921]

>>22470912
Women in academia and publishing houses?
Sounds like upstanding trustworthy people to me.

[Anonymous No.22470943]

>>22470912
>blablabla
>weird fanfiction
Sad little creature. There's no need to lie online you know.

[Anonymous No.22471011]

>>22470943
Nta and I haven’t read much by Tennyson, but your finding that implausible is pretty telling as to the depth of your own knowledge of literature. Tennyson is neither obscure nor difficult, and his emotional tenor is not incompatible with the feminine temperament. Please take a step back and try to approach your judgments with a little more consideration and humility.

[Anonymous No.22471014]

>>22471011
...some people, you just don't get it *slurp*, he's not going to stop and he never will

[Anonymous No.22471064]

>>22471014
Nonsense! We must recognize the infinite potential in even the lowest of us! Together we shall ascend.

[Anonymous No.22471083]

>>22471011
You aren't really saying anything you know. If you "go outside" and "meet women" you won't find two who have heard of him. His copout works because we are suddenly talking about "academic" women but even then, most will know him as the guy they needed to read for lecture 3 (they never did).
So yes, despite your drivel, it is rather implausible and incredibly so. Furthermore, I cannot grasp why you mentioned the, indeed facile manner in which one could be getting to know him and his works.
Once again:
>blablabla
>weird fanfiction

[Anonymous No.22471096]

I’m usually filled with trepidation when women take an interest in things men enjoy

[Anonymous No.22471111]

>>22471064
A noble sentiment. Reminds me of...

[Anonymous No.22471144]

>>22471083
This shit is too elementary to be worth going through point by point. Romantic (be careful how you interpret my use of this word, lest you expose yourself again), emotional poetry, broadly speaking, appeals to women insofar as they (or anyone) care about literature. Yes, the majority of people are ignorant, that should be taken as a given at all times. I agree that guy was dumb for saying “go outside” as if his academic bubble is representative of the world at large.

>>22471111
I was mostly being facetious, nice passage though. It’s one of the truly difficult questions, I don’t think it can ever be exhausted.

[Anonymous No.22471873]

That Oxford compilation sadly doesn't include the entirety of the Idylls, only a selection. They're available in full in Penguin Classics (also Dover, I think).

[Anonymous No.22471878]

>>22471873
on the eve of this event, i was certain greater numbers would prevail

[Anonymous No.22472529]

>>22471878
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