A Cultural Reconstruction: From Pathos to Comedy, Alfred, Lord Tennyson Reimagined in A.S. Byatt’s ‘The Conjugial Angel’ (1992) and Lynne Truss’ Tennyson’s Gift (1996)

The title of Lynne Truss’ Tennyson’s Gift designates the Poet Laureate as its major textual focus. He is not the only one, however. Indeed, the imaginary reconstruction and interaction of a number of 19th century ‘real life’ characters in the summer of 1864 on the Isle of Wight provides one of the m...

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Main Author: Isabelle Roblin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2018-03-01
Series:Études Britanniques Contemporaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/4322