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Victorian Literature General Introduction Victorian Poetry Women novelists Bronte Sisters George Eliot Men Novelists Charles Dickens William Makepeace Thackeray Thomas Hardy Introduction Victorian literature roughly coincides with the reign of Queen Victoria from 1836 to 1901. The period has been regarded as one of the most glorious in English History. The summit of Victorian literature is realistic novel. The representative writers include: Dickens, Thackray, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. The Victorian age also produced two great English poets: Browning Tennyson. Their poetry was characterized by experiments with new styles and new ways of expression. Browning has paved the way for modern English poetry in the twentieth century. ALFRED TENNYSON 1809-1892 Tennyson was born in 1809 at Somersby, Lincolnshire. In 1827, he and his elder brother published Poems by Two Brothers. He became a close friend to Arthur Hallam during his Cambridge years. Hallam’s premature death made him very sad. He wrote many poems in memory of Hallam, of which In Memoriam is the best known. Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850. Tennyson’s most noted poems include: In Memoriam, Maud, Idylls of the King, Ulysses, and Break, Break, Break. Break, Break, Break Break, Break, Break is written in memory of Hallam. In this poem, the poet’s own feelings of grief stands in sharp contrast with the carefree, innocent joys of the children and the apathetic motion of the ship and the waves. And he stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanishd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. 拍，拍，拍 海浪无情地拍，拍，拍 拍到冰冷阴灰的礁石来 纵然这世上有千言万语 又怎能表达我忧伤的情怀 Comment on Tennyson Tennyson is the most representative poet of Victorian age. He has perfect control of the sound of English. His works are not only the products of the cre