Letters and Lives of the Tennyson Women ISBN-13: 9781350168244

ISBN-13: 9781350168244

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Boyce, Rosalind

Details: Product Description Contradicting common perception of them as mere footnotes in Tennysons career, this book examines the influence of his strong-minded female forebears on the young poet and reveals that the women in Tennysons family circle were prolific and engaging correspondents. Their letters, preserved in archives in Lincoln and for the most part unpublished, cast a unique light on the Tennyson familys interrelationships and the times in which they lived.Focusing on the letters and lives of four Tennyson women – the poets paternal grandmother, Mary Tennyson (1753-1825), her daughters Elizabeth Russell (1776-1865) and Mary Bourne (1777-1864), and her daughter-in-law Frances Tennyson, later Tennyson dEyncourt (1787-1878) – this book includes extensive and annotated extracts from the womens letters, linked by narrative passages providing context and continuity. The case studies cover six decades, from the marriage of Mary Turner and George Tennyson in 1775 to the death of George Tennyson in 1835, with brief Afterwords touching on the womens final years. About the Author Marion Sherwood took early retirement to return to study and was awarded an Open University PhD in 2011. Palgrave Macmillan published Tennyson and the Fabrication of Englishness in 2013 and she has published articles in the Tennyson Research Bulletin. She is a member of the Tennyson Society Executive Committee.Rosalind Boyce is a retired librarian and indexer. She published Forever Young: Harold Tennyson RN, the Poets Grandson, a Tennyson Society Occasional Paper, in 2013 and has published articles on Lincolnshire local history. She is Honorary Secretary of the Tennyson Society Publications Board.

Release Date: 26-01-2023

Package Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches

Languages: english

Number Of Pages: 240