false 393636 30 The longest and most ambitious work of his career, Idylls is a reflection of Tennyson's lifelong interest in Arthurian themes. His personification of Arthur, the highest ideal of manhood and leadership, is achieved through a delicacy of phrase and metrical effect that are unmatched. 937372 1885 Idylls of the King (Penguin Classics) total:542|5:178|4:194|3:132|2:26|1:12| 542 2126 802 33 5 1 false false Wed Nov 26 21:00:01 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 11:24:42 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 21:00:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri Jun 19 10:01:02 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 20:12:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Dec 28 07:19:01 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 13:12:15 -0800 2007 5 2 false false Sat Nov 01 11:59:39 -0700 2008 Fri May 01 14:27:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Aug 04 19:19:52 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 10:51:43 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 19:19:52 -0700 2008
You'll likely walk away from this book with lots of favorite passages. And you might fall in lo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 10:25:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 13 11:13:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Mon Aug 20 02:08:58 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 02:21:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 25 15:32:34 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 15:35:01 -0800 2008 in love with this cycle of poems. Tennyson is a classic for a reason: he is amazing. 'The Lady of Shalott' of Anne of Green Gables fame is barely the tip of the iceberg in this incredible sequence.

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although I found the footnotes contained in the Penguin addition essential to understanding Tennyson's allusions.

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