{"product_id":"tennyson-by-alfred-lord-tennyson","title":"'Tennyson' by Alfred Lord Tennyson","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eA genuinely beautiful mid-century illustrated Tennyson edition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eThis volume gathers Alfred Lord Tennyson’s major poems alongside delicate black-and-white illustrations that sit somewhere between Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and storybook engraving. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eThe poems feel emotionally modern, even beneath the Victorian architecture. There's familiar motifs of exhaustion, longing, grief, national anxiety, romantic idealism slipping into melancholy. \u003cem data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/em\u003e especially reads almost like someone trying to out-argue despair through rhythm alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1051\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst illustrated edition originally 1912, this copy reprinted 1943. Decorative blue cloth binding with gilt detailing and illustrated plates throughout. Some age toning and light wear consistent with wartime-era production, but overall very attractive condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572077260883,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_95.png?v=1778118016","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/tennyson-by-alfred-lord-tennyson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}