Seeking to understand Tennyson's poetry as the work of a man
concerned with making and then living up to one of the most famous
names in Victorian literature, Anna Barton offers close readings of
Tennyson's major works. From his obscure beginning as 'A.T.', one
of two anonymous brothers, to the height of his success, when he
held the impressive title 'Alfred Lord Tennyson, DCL, Poet
Laureate', the development of Tennyson's career took place in a
period increasingly aware that a name could command considerable
cultural capital. In the marketplace goods were sold on the
strength of their brand name; in the press the battle for signed
articles was fought and won; and in Victorian drawing rooms young
ladies collected the autographs of family and friends and pasted
them into scrap books. From his early lyrics to his Arthurian
Idylls, Barton argues, the laureate's keen sense of professional
identity forced him to grapple with modern concerns about the
ethics of print in order to establish his own responsible poetic.
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