ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Emily Sarah Tennyson, Baroness Tennyson (née Sellwood; 9 July 1813 – 10 August 1896), known as Emily, Lady Tennyson, was the wife of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and a creative talent in her own right.

Detailed explanation-2: -Queen Mary, the first play of Tennyson’s ‘Historical Trilogy’ was published in 1875. “It describes the final downfall of Roman Catholicism in England and the dawning of a new age”1. The new age was an era of the freedom of the individual from the priestly domination.

Detailed explanation-3: -The best-known poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, included “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Crossing the Bar.” His longer works included In Memoriam, inspired by his grief over the untimely death of a friend, and Idylls of the King, based on Arthurian legend.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tennyson was the grand old man of Victorian poetry, holding the Laureateship for 42 years and famous for In Memoriam A.H.H., The Idylls of The King and Maud, and Other Poems – the last of which includes ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.