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Victorian Poetry 2: The weirdness of Tennyson

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 10:08 p.m.

b'One of Tennyson\'s epigraphs: "Astronomy and geology: terrible muses."\\xa0 The importance of Arthur Henry Hallam\'s death to Tennyson, especially because of his religious skepticism.\\xa0 Gibbon on St. Simeon Stylites.\\xa0 Dramatic Monologues.\\xa0 "Ulysses," in Carey\'s translation of Dante and then Tennyson\'s poem.\\xa0 The great Achilles = Hallam, but we know the ending from Dante -- he won\'t see him again.'