Tennyson and the princess : reflections of an age
1958, 1st edition. London : University of London, Athlone Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Review copy. Item #409242
Physical description; 299 pp., 23 cm. Contents; Facts and problems -- The Saint-Simonians and the new feminism -- Robert Owen, feminism and the mechanics' institutions -- Feminism at Cambridge -- The feminist controversy in England prior to The princess -- I -- The feminist controversy in England prior to The princess -- II -- John Mitchell Kemble, Caroline Norton and the idea of a university -- The choice of theme and heroine -- Anticipations: (I) recollections of the 'Arabian nights' (II) the suppression of poetic ambition (III) the pattern of The princess -- The sources: (I) Maud, Resselas and the Oriental tale (II) the Persian tales (III) Tennyson and Persian poetry (IV) Turandot -- The princess and evolution -- Reflections of an age. Subjects; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron 1809-1892. Princess. Women Great Britain. English Poetry. Feminism and literature.
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