Carlyle and Tennyson

This study of Caryle and Tennyson explores their mutual influence and the effect of each on his own time. The author analyzes the specific Carlylean ideas (social, political, religious, aesthetic) and examines the ways in which Tennyson resisted and transformed these ideas and their impact. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Carlyle: The Scottish Dimension....Pages 3-6 New Intellectual Forces: Hume and Newton....Pages 7-22 The Stupendous Whole: Newton and Carlylean Belief....Pages 23-28 The Carlylean Weltbild: Natural Supernaturalism....Pages 29-35 Prophetic Utterance: Nature, Human History, Divine Justice and the Universe....Pages 36-42 The Carlylean Dilemma: The Riddle of Destiny....Pages 43-54 Tennyson: Ulyssean Influences and Telemachan Modulations....Pages 55-64 The Individual and Society....Pages 65-69 The Religious Question....Pages 70-74 Darwin, Nature and Man....Pages 75-81 God and Man....Pages 82-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Carlylean Caprice....Pages 91-96 Carlyle’s Aesthetic Theory: The Aesthetic Whole....Pages 97-106 Carlyle’s Moral Aesthetic....Pages 107-115 Carlyle and the Romantic Poets....Pages 116-138 Carlyle and Art: Symbol, Emblem and Image....Pages 139-151 Wonder, Metaphor and Fact....Pages 152-161 The Ulyssean Strain: The Projection of Self....Pages 162-170 Prophetic Utterances....Pages 171-184 Tennyson’s Idylic Vision....Pages 185-203 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 ‘Aylmer’s Field’....Pages 204-208 ‘Enoch Arden’....Pages 209-214 Maud....Pages 215-225 The Princess....Pages 226-247 Epilogue....Pages 248-256 Back Matter....Pages 257-261 ....Pages 262-284