Project Gutenberg 2011-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 82 Walker, Hugh 1855 1939 The Age of Tennyson E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "The Age of Tennyson" by Hugh Walker is a historical account of English literature during the Victorian era, specifically from 1830 to 1870. The book delves into the literary landscape shaped by iconic figures such as Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning, exploring the broader cultural and social changes that influenced their work. It highlights how the period marks a transition from romanticism to a more critical exploration of truth and societal issues in literature. The opening of the text provides essential background on the historical context of the literary age, emphasizing the ramifications of the Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent societal shifts towards democracy and education. Walker discusses the challenges faced by writers of the time, including the literary implications of expanding readerships and the tension between emotional expression and logical discourse in writing. He characterizes the era as one in which literature began to grapple more seriously with social issues, setting the stage for a deeper analysis of both major poets and their contemporaries in the subsequent chapters of the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36274/36274-h/images/title_bells.jpg en English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 726808 726614 2024-09-15T10:49:26.353243 2023-09-16T04:38:59.976966 text/html text/html 718891 2011-05-29T15:25:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 252730 2011-05-29T15:26:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307447 2024-09-15T10:49:43.356159 application/epub+zip 323524 2024-09-15T10:49:30.592212 application/epub+zip 323524 2024-09-15T10:49:28.192240 application/epub+zip 611902 2024-09-15T10:49:50.519618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516762 2024-09-15T10:49:40.349174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517205 2022-09-16T14:31:33.225127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600581 600429 2024-09-15T10:49:23.801272 2023-09-16T04:38:57.449882 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 600177 2011-05-29T15:07:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 225040 2011-05-29T15:07:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 600219 2011-05-29T15:07:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224928 2011-05-29T15:07:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20372 2024-09-15T10:49:50.674616 application/rdf+xml 12389 2024-09-15T10:49:28.644226 image/jpeg 3317 2024-09-15T10:49:28.420228 image/jpeg 292745 2024-09-15T10:49:26.420257 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog