The Classical Monologues
- Author
- Lord Tennyson Alfred
- Narrator
- Marie Blackmore
- Publisher
- Voices of Today Pty LTD
- Publish Date
- 27 October 2026
- Run Time
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Even as a child, Tennyson loved the Classical world of ancient Greece and Rome. When he grew up, he often wrote about that world. In Demeter and Persephone, Tiresias, The Hesperides, Tithonus, Oenone, Ulysses, St. Simeon Stylites, and St. Agnes’ Eve, he allowed characters from the ancient world to utter their thoughts directly in dramatic monologues. Such monologues are most often associated with Robert Browning, but in these poems, Tennyson shows that he himself could write with a Browningesque ear for the varied quirks and oddities, superstitions and hypocrisies, hopes and possible triumphs of human beings.
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Details
- Author
- Lord Tennyson Alfred
- Narrator
- Marie Blackmore
- Duration
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9798236070140
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Voices of Today Pty LTD
- Genre
- Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry
Synopsis
<p>Even as a child, Tennyson loved the Classical world of ancient Greece and Rome. When he grew up, he often wrote about that world. In Demeter and Persephone, Tiresias, The Hesperides, Tithonus, Oenone, Ulysses, St. Simeon Stylites, and St. Agnes’ Eve, he allowed characters from the ancient world to utter their thoughts directly in dramatic monologues. Such monologues are most often associated with Robert Browning, but in these poems, Tennyson shows that he himself could write with a Browningesque ear for the varied quirks and oddities, superstitions and hypocrisies, hopes and possible triumphs of human beings.</p>
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