Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' A Reading Guide

An appreciative introduction to the study of this major work of the Victorian period. The Guide includes the full text of the poem fully contextualised with annotated sections. Anna Barton engages closely with the text by exploring patterns of meaning and metaphors as they recur across the whole work as well as encouraging close readings of individual sections. Readers are led through different approaches and given enriching contextual information. The Teaching the Text section provides hands-on tips for further engaging students with the poem in seminars.

Anna Barton is Lecturer in English at the The University of Sheffield.