Tennyson’s central poem is presented with an extensive
introduction that provides background information on the poet
and poem as well as an overview of In Memoriam’s
formal and thematic peculiarities, including Tennyson’s
use of the stanza and the poem’s rhyme scheme.
The authoritative text is again that of the Eversley Edition
of Tennyson’s Works, published in 1901–8, which
is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.
“Criticism”
contains thirteen essays-—seven of which are new to
the Second Edition—among them examples of formal (Sarah
Gates), contextual (W. David Shaw), reader-response (Timothy
Peltason), queer (Jeff Nunokawa), and genre (Alan Sinfield)
criticism. A chapter from Christopher Ricks’s influential
biography, Tennyson, is included.
A Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Index of First
Lines are also included.
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