Saturday, October 29, 2016
The Poetry of Tennyson, Browning and Browning
dainty Englands sudden defect towards a crisis in cartel is often seen reflected on kit and boodle of Alfred skipper Tennyson, Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning in an al more or less autobiographical manner. The crisis in cartel chiefly resulted from ii of the most important literatures in history: One of these was Charles Darwins ideas and in the end his really influential work, The downslope of Species. This hand had a wide impact on peoples beliefs because it in a most ecumenic sense- questi bingled the creation of universe in seven days and in like manner the origins of man that were related to apes, which was very different from the religious teachings until then. These make even the laymen question biblical teachings and the authority of the Church. This paved office for theological criticisms. Six Clergymen and one layperson published a book on higher(prenominal) Criticism in 1860 called Essays and Reviews. This book aimed to handle the subjects that suffer fr om stately repetitions free of traditions (Scott,271). These two on the job(p)s can be accredited as main reasons for this rapid transmit in faith in Victorian minds. The injustice of faith, coupled with the condition of industrial England suffering from illnesses, destructions and injustices mainly among the working classes resulted in a blue(a) atmosphere that the three authors had pondered upon, stemming from a loss of faith. This paper allow ponder n the shift using three of the most significant metrical compositions about Victorian crisis of faith that the authors mentioned had penned.\nThe very basic poem that comes to mind in this context is the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennysons In Memoriam. Tennyson dedicated this poem to a beloved help who had passed away at a young age; and finished him, he questioned his faith in God, in nature and in poetry. The poem reflects grief and despair, unpredictable emotions that we find embodying the Victorian era, and it leads the endorser to doubt the existence of want and faith, as the author all the way does. Knowle...
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