Alfred Tennyson
1809 - 1892
Victorian poet
English author often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850; he was appointed by Queen Victoria and served 42 years. Tennyson's works were melancholic, and reflected the moral and intellectual values of his time, which made them especially vulnerable for later critic.
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Essays
Tennyson's Ulysses: Odysseus as a Siren -- Greek myth and its adaptation to the Victorian Discourse
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