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第15回(1829年) Winner
Alfred Tennyson
アルフレッド・テニソン
Arufureddo Tenison
別名:
Lord Tennyson / Alfred, Lord Tennyson / 1st Baron Tennyson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1809-08-06 (Somersby, Lincolnshire, England)
- 死没
- 1892-10-06 (Lurgashall, Sussex, England) 83歳
- 国籍
- United Kingdom, England
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Anglicanism 1810年受洗 (洗礼名: Alfred)
- 居住地歴
- Somersby, Lincolnshire → Trinity College, Cambridge → Epping Forest → Farringford House, Isle of Wight → Aldworth, Sussex
経歴
- 職業
- poet, Poet Laureate, Baron
- 活動期間
- 1827年〜1892年
- 所属
- House of Lords, Royal Society
- 所属団体
- Cambridge Apostles
- 影響を受けた人物
- Lord Byron, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 影響を与えた人物
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, T. S. Eliot
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth | — | General studies | — | 1816-1820 | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | Literature | — | 1827- | United Kingdom |
King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth
General studies
期間:
1816-1820
卒業年:
1820
国:
United Kingdom
Trinity College, Cambridge
Literature
期間:
1827-
国:
United Kingdom
no degree
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1829 | Chancellor's Gold Medal | Timbuktu | — | University of Cambridge | 受賞 |
| 1850 | Poet Laureate | — | — | British Monarchy | 任命 |
| 1884 | Baron Tennyson | — | — | Queen Victoria | 授与 |
Chancellor's Gold Medal
1829
対象作品:
Timbuktu
主催:
University of Cambridge
結果:
受賞
Poet Laureate
1850
主催:
British Monarchy
結果:
任命
Baron Tennyson
1884
主催:
Queen Victoria
結果:
授与
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
In Memoriam A.H.H.
1850年 elegyLong elegy commemorating the death of friend Arthur Henry Hallam, exploring faith, science, and loss.
lossfaith and doubtnature
Ulysses
1842年 dramatic monologueAging Ulysses yearns for new adventure.
adventureagingseeking
The Lady of Shalott
1832年 balladA cursed lady in a tower glimpses the outside world.
isolationcurseart vs reality
映像化・舞台化
- [painting] The Lady of Shalott / John William Waterhouse (1888)
Idylls of the King
1859年 epicVictorian retelling of Arthurian legend.
chivalrydecayidealism
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1854年 balladDepicts the Charge of the Light Brigade in Crimean War.
braveryfutility of war
全著作
- Poems by Two Brothers
- Poems, Chiefly Lyrical
- Poems (1833)
- The Princess
- In Memoriam A.H.H.
- Maud, and Other Poems
- Idylls of the King
翻案
- Multiple paintings of The Lady of Shalott
作品の翻訳
- Numerous Japanese translations
作風・主題
- 文体
- rich visual imagerymasterful rhythmuse of onomatopoeia and alliteration
- 頻出モチーフ
- grief and melancholyclassical mythologynature
健康
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depression生涯Influenced themes of sorrow in poetry
評価・遺産
Leading Victorian poet, longest-serving Poet Laureate, source of many English idioms.
記念館・博物館
- Farringford House Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1853年開館
- Tennyson Memorial Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight 1893年開館
資料所蔵先
- Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln Central Library
大衆文化への影響
- Ulysses quoted in Skyfall (2012)
引用
-
'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.
出典: In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850年) -
Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die.
出典: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854年) -
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
出典: Ulysses (1842年)
豆知識
- 9th most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
- Last words: 'Oh that press will have me now!'
- Tennyson Down on Isle of Wight named after him.