Greek and Roman Myths in the Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Joong-Eun Ahn
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제127호, 169~192쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.12.30

영문 초록

This paper explores Greek and Roman myths in the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the leading poet of the Victorian era. For his Victorian ideas of duty, discipline, courage, and love, Tennyson employs or alludes to Greek and Roman myths including: major gods, Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Ares, Hades, Demeter, and Dionysus; minor deities, Iris, the Hesperides, Aurora, Persephone, Urania, and the Muses; mythological figures, Œnone, Paris, Semele, Ulysses, Telemachus, Achilles, Tithonus, Tiresias, Menoeceus, Cadmus, Oedipus, Amphion, Hero, and Leander; legendary creatures, the Sirens and Sphinx; mythical places, Ida, Gargarus, Ilion or Troy, Elysium, Hippocrene, and Parnassus. The mythical technique of employing Greek and Roman mythology in Tennyson’s poems unravels his complicated intentions, deepening his poetic symbolism, and broadening his Victorian perspective.

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Alfred Lord Tennyson Ulysses Tithonus Tiresias Demeter Hero Greek myths Roman myths Victorian