Critical Essays on the Poetry of Tennyson

First Published in 1960, Critical Essays on the Poetry of Tennyson presents a collection of essays, most of which have been previously published in periodicals and written by renowned critics of Tennyson?s work. The books discusses important themes like Tennyson in temporal contexts; Tennyson in artistic contexts; a study of the Hesperides; study of Demeter and Persephone; Tennyson?s 'Ulysses'; Tennyson?s Maud and Tennyson?s Idylls. This is a must read for scholars of English poetry and English literature.

Reviews of the original publication:

?Mr. Kilham agrees that Tennyson?s poetry deserves and can hold a twentieth century audience. Mr. Kilham?s book is a collection of essays, most of which have been previously published in periodicals, by over a dozen of Tennyson?s recent and sympathetic critics. In the survey of recent criticism with which he prefaces his collection, Mr. Killham argues for yet more sympathy, asking critics to record not just the historical and psychological interest but also the pleasure they find in Tennyson, and reminding them of Wordsworth?s remark that if even one of a poet?s works pleases us, we should return with new expectation to what has before displeased.??

D. J. G., Victorian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1961),