• ISBN13: 9788171564927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: May 12, 1994
• Pages: 312
• Original Price: INR 450.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 520 grams

The lasting fame and influence of Tennyson must rest upon the great works into which he has put the fullness of his strength and the freshness of his art; and even in these, the chief thing to be considered is not the poem, but the poetry, the soul of beauty and power which makes them live. Of this a man cannot well write without going beyond the letter of his text and uttering some of his own deepest convictions in regard to art and religion and human life.
The best biography of Tennyson will always be found in his works. His poems are his life.
The reader of this book will find in the Appendix a brief record of such facts and dates as may be helpful in studying the work of the poet, and a bibliography more complete than any that has yet been published.
The book will be found of great interest by the students of English literature, researchers and the general readers.

Henry Van Dyke was an American author, educator, and clergyman. He served as an American lecturer at the University of Paris and later became a professor of English literature at Princeton. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honours. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories ‘The Other Wise Man’ and ‘The First Christmas Tree’. Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and essays collected in Little Rivers and Fisherman’s Luck. He is considered an authority on Tennyson.