Matter of Britain Figure
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Summary
- Idylls of the King (1859-1885) is the work that makes Arthur a Victorian public property. Camelot becomes an allegory of a moral order dissolving through private sexual failure - a reading that dominates popular understanding to this day.
- Dates
- 1809-1892
- Kind
- author
Worldviews
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH