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- Title
The Recovery of Friendship: Male Love and Developmental Narrative in Tennyson's In Memoriam.
- Authors
Cole, Sarah Rose
- Abstract
The article offers criticism on the poem "In Memoriam," by Alfred Tennyson. The author discusses readings of the poem related to male same-sex love and homosexuality and suggests that the poem explores male friendship and Victorian masculine identity. The author discusses the narrative structure of the poem and describes the poem's treatment of both domestic attachment and male university friendship.
- Subjects
IN Memoriam (Poem); TENNYSON, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892; POETRY (Literary form); LITERARY criticism; 19TH century English poetry; MASCULINITY in literature; MALE friendship in literature; SAME-sex relationships; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2012.0005