Victorian Poetry Literature Annotated Bibliography
Gill, Linda. “The Princess in the Tower: Gender and Art in Charlotte Brontë's “Jane Eyre” and Alfred Lord Tennyson's “The Lady of Shalott.”” Victorians Institute Journal, vol. 35, 2007, pp. 109-136.
The article reveals the important issues of gender roles, women’s roles and feminine identity, which expressed in the poem “The Lady of Shalott,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in comparison to the similar issues in the book “Jane Eyre,” by Charlotte Bronte. Discussing general Victorian definitions of the notion of gender and acceptable social roles for women of the time, the article discloses specific features of female characters in both works, Analyzing characters through feministic readings of the works, the author concludes that female protagonists have wealthy interior lives within a private closed spheres created for heroines by males. By logical argumentation and textual support of the ideas, the article provides the research paper with significant gender aspect of interpreting the character of the Lady of Shalott.
Gray, Erik. “Getting it wrong in ‘The Lady of Shalott.’” Victorian Poetry, vol. 47, no. 1, 2009, pp. 45-50.
The article basically focuses on the paradox of conscious error as an essential element of the process of artistic creation, by analyzing and examining the role of the phenomena in a number of Tennyson’s early poems, among which is “The Lady of Shalott.” The author compares rewritings and revisions of the work, made by the Tennyson, highlighting the importance of change episodes, features and words. Revealing the processes of writing and editing, the article allows deep analysis of the characters, their motives and actions. In addition, the article contains general ideas of character interpretation and cultural and historical background, which may be used in the research paper context information.
Lupack, Alan. “Popular Images Derived from Tennyson's Arthurian Poems.” Arthuriana, vol. 21, no. 2, 2011, pp. 90-118.
Based on Tennyson's Arthurian poems, among which is “The Lady of Shalott”, the images, which are included to the article, were commonly known and spread in 19th and the beginning of 20th century in Britain and America. The article demonstrates the connection between the popularity of Tennyson's poetry and the usage of the images in illustrated editions of his books and through its infusion into popular Victorian culture and daily routine. According to Lupack, the key to the author’s successes was in his double nature; Tennyson was not only a great writer but also a moral poet. The article helps to understand historical cultural background of Victorian times, its daily life routine and the role of poetry and illustration. Moreover, the article contains the portrait of Lady of Shalott by Frances Brundage, which indicates the perception of the heroine during the epoch.
Stockstill, Ellen J. “Gender Politics in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's ‘The Lady of Shalott.’” Explicator (Expl), vol. 70, no. 1, Mar. 2012, pp. 13-16.
The article explores the representations of gender politics in “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred Lord Tennyson in its connection to the historical context of Victorian England. The article provides a detailed analysis …
