Tennyson's Albert Memorial
S an introduction to a series of readings from Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, Katrina Hill’s talk from 4YA was excellent. It is better to devote an entire preliminary session to a discussion of the work to be presented than to
allow valuable time to be taken up, during the actual readings, with accounts of the poet and his subject-matter. Katrina Hill traced the genesis of the Arthurian legend through Malory and Spenser to Tennyson; and although it must be conceded that Tennyson sentimentalised his theme, Jdylls of the King is far from being what someone called "Tennyson’s Albert Memorial." Tennyson’s star followed much the same course as Mendelssohn’s-adoration during its ascendant and then a long period of neglect... But that cultural snobbery is passing. Tennyson is emerging again, and the 4YA readings from Idylls of the King will be followed with interest.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 500, 21 January 1949, Page 9
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146Tennyson's Albert Memorial New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 500, 21 January 1949, Page 9
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