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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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Excellent, but there are better collections
"The Two Voices" and "A Dream of Fair Women" are among Alfred Tennyson's best medium length works. Both showcase his near-unmatched technical virtuosity, showing remarkable variety within tight rhyme and meter. They both read quickly and are very engrossing, unlike most poems of the era. The content is also interesting. "The Two" is a profoundly probing meditation on life's meaning written soon after the death of close friend Arthur Hallam, which left Tennyson despondent. A dualistic dialogue between hope and despair, it unflinchingly searches life's dark side but eventually comes down on the side of hope. Our more cynical age may scoff at the Victorian deus ex machina, but it is clear that the conclusion is deeply felt, and none can argue that it fails to move. One of Tennyson's early visionary pieces, "A Dream" features several famous historical and mythological women. Though at first seemingly less transcendent, it allegorically explores love and dreams and comes to a conclusion more in line with present thought. Both poems are essential for anyone interested in Tennyson, English poetry, or Victorian literature, but the fact that they are in collections with many other poems makes this slim volume hard to justify. ... Read more

Product Description
This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

Product Description
This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more