Date of Award
6-1-1933
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Dr. J. Gordon Eaker
Keywords
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, Characters Women, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, Criticism and interpretation, Women in literature
Abstract
No more charming and lovely women occur in poetry, or even in life, than appear in Tennyson's poetry. His portraits of women were among the first of his poems to attract attention, am attention which gave rise to much adverse criticism as well as admiration. His first burst of melody was rather harshly criticized as mere music. But as the poet emerged from this youthful period of exuberant melody, he ennobled his youthful ideal of womanhood, and the women of his poems took on a strength of character which kept pace with his developing moral and dramatic power. He thus attained a perfection of style which combines truth with beauty, and he did not commit the error of going to the opposite extreme of a stark reality devoid of beauty. [Taken from introduction]
Recommended Citation
Gray, Merle, "Tennyson's treatment of the character of women" (1933). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 605.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/605
