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Letters
Correspondence. Ed E. Dowden 1888.
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Some remarks on the preface to Philip van Artevelde. 1835.
Horne, R. H. In his A new spirit of the age vol 2, 1844.
Powell, T. In his Pictures of the living authors of Britain, 1851.
Forman, H. B. In his Our living poets, 1871.
Bilderbeck, J. B. Taylor and his drama of Philip van Artevelde. 1877.
De Vere, A. In his Essays chiefly on poetry vols 1–2, 1887. 5 papers on
Taylor.
Japp, A. H. In Miles 3.
Knanth, R. Taylors Leben und Werke. Strasbourg 1913.
Taylor, U. Guests and memories. 1924. Chiefly on Taylor’s later life
and friendships.
Abercrombie, L. In The eighteen-sixties, ed J. Drinkwater, 1932
(Royal Soc of Lit).
Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson 1809–92
Tennyson’s notebooks are in Trinity College, Cambridge (those inherited by
his son Hallam) and at Harvard (those inherited by the children of his son
Lionel). The Tennyson Research Centre at Lincoln holds a ms of In memoriam,
together with a large number of revised proofs and the biggest single collection
of letters from and to Tennyson. Other poetical mss are widely
scattered. In the 1830s his poems circulated in ms among his friends; hence
such transcriptions as the Heath ms in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
The most complete census of Tennyson’s poetical mss yet prepared is to be
found in a facs edn of the mss The Tennyson archive, ed C. Ricks and A.
Day, 31 vols New York and London 1987–93. The Harvard mss are
described and indexed in E. F. Shannon, jr, and W. H. Bond, Literary
manuscripts of Alfred Tennyson in the Harvard College Library,
HLB 10 1956. The Trinity College mss are described and indexed in detail in
J. C. Yearwood, jr, A catalogue of the Tennyson manuscripts at
Trinity College, Cambridge, unpbd PhD thesis, Univ of Texas at
Austin 1977; hbk reprint University Microfilms International
JXK80-21537.
Bibliographies etc
Brightwell, D. B. A concordance to the entire works of Tennyson.
1869 (pbd by Moxon without Tennyson’s sanction or knowledge);
1870 (rev); see also Wise, The Ashley Library vol 7, below p. 132.
[Langley, S.] A concordance to the works of Tennyson. Strahan 1870.
[Shepherd, R. H.] A bibliography of the works of Tennyson. 1896,
rptd New York 1970.
L[ivingston], L. S. A bibliography of the first editions in book form of
Tennyson. New York 1901; suppl [1903?].
Thomson, J. C. Apocryphal poems of Tennyson. 1905.
Thomson, J. C. A bibliography of the writings of Tennyson.
Wimbledon 1905.
W[ise], T. J. A bibliography of the writings of Tennyson. 2 vols 1908
(priv ptd). Advance proofs had circulated discreetly since c. 1900
and had been used by both Livingston, and Thomson, above.
Harvard has a set with the pts in a different order; the rev proofs
of vol 1 were ptd in 1907. Wise and the bibliographers who relied
upon him are now known to include many forged edns;
Shepherd, above, though incomplete, includes only one forgery
(Idylls of the hearth), which may have been inserted by his
posthumous editor. Wise may still be trusted on such matters as
collected edns and contents of authentic edns. Rptd in 1 vol facs
1967.
Baker, A. E. A concordance to the poetical and dramatic works of
Tennyson. 1914, New York 1966; suppl, 1931 (The devil and the
lady).
Baker, A. E. A Tennyson dictionary. [1916].
Wise, T. J. The Ashley Library: a catalogue, vol 7. 1925 (priv ptd). A
few Tennyson items in vols 8–10.
Ehrsam, T. G., R. H. Deily and R. M. Smith. In their Bibliographies
of twelve Victorian authors, New York 1936, rptd 1968; suppl by J.
G. Fucilla, MP 37 1939.
Baum, P. F. In The Victorian poets: a guide to research, ed F. E.
Faverty, Cambridge MA 1956, 1968 (rev).
Wyllie, J. C. (ed). The Tennyson collection presented to the
University of Virginia. Charlottesville [1961]. See W. D. Paden,
Library 5th ser 18 1965.
Collins, R. L. Tennyson’s original issue of poems, reviews, etc.
1842–1886: a compilation by Henry Van Dyke. Princeton Chron
24 1962.
Tennyson, C. and C. Fall. Alfred Tennyson: an annotated bibliography.
Athens GA 1967.
Campbell, N. (ed). Tennyson in Lincoln: a catalogue of the collections
in the research centre. 2 vols Lincoln 1971, 1973.
Revell, P. and S. Allsobrook. A catalogue of the Tennyson collection
in the library of University College, Cardiff. Cardiff 1972.
Beetz, K. H. Tennyson: a bibliography, 1827–1982. Metuchen NJ and
London 1984.
Shaw, M. and C. U. Snaith. An annotated critical bibliography of
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Hemel Hempstead and New York 1989.
Collections
Collected edns began to appear in 1870; see Wise, Bibliography, above.
The canonical text appears in the Eversley edn, ed Hallam Tennyson
with annotations by the poet, 9 vols 1907–8, 1 vol 1913; Amer
Eversley edn 6 vols New York 1908.
Among the numerous other collected edns pbd since 1902, the outstanding one
is The poems of Tennyson, ed C. Ricks, Harlow 1969; 2nd edn in 3
vols 1987.
Selections
Among the numerous edns of selections may be mentioned W. H. Auden (ed),
Tennyson: an introduction and selection, New York 1944, 1946; R.
W. Hill (ed), Tennyson’s poetry, New York 1972; C. Ricks (ed),
Tennyson: a selected edition, Harlow 1989; A. Day (ed), Alfred Lord
Tennyson: selected poems, 1991.
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Tennyson required 2 successive proofs for Poems, chiefly lyrical, 1830, and
later more; Poems, 1842, and The princess, 1847, were often rev, largely on
proofs. He had In memoriam, 1850, ptd in a preliminary version or ‘Trial’
edn and distributed copies to friends, to be recalled or destroyed; incompletely
rev, the setting of type was unexpectedly used in several early edns, with successive
corrections and revisions by the poet. After 1855 he again commonly
used unpbd preliminary versions or ‘Trial’ edns, each ptd in a few copies and
lent to advisers for eventual recall or destruction; single examples survive,
used by the poet in revision and later given to trusted friends. The gradual discovery
of these practices encouraged forgers to provide numerous ‘priv ptd
edns’ for the rare book market. See J. Carter and G. Pollard, An enquiry
into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets, 1934, 1983
(2nd edn, ed N. Barker and J. Collins); W. Partington, Forging ahead,
New York 1939 (rev edn T. J. Wise in the original cloth, 1946); W. B.
Todd (ed), T. J. Wise centenary studies, Austin 1959; J. Carter and G.
Pollard, The forgeries of Tennyson’s plays, Oxford 1967; N. Barker
and J. Collins, A sequel to an enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth
century pamphlets, 1983; W. E. Fredeman, The story of a lie: a
sequel to a sequel, Rev 7 1985.
A first edn here is a vol, offered with the author’s consent to the general
public, of which a significant portion of the contents had not appeared earlier.
This excludes periodical pbns, unpbd preliminary versions or ‘Trial’ edns, priv
ptd edns, copyright edns, and such intermediate pbns as collected edns prior to
the final canonical edn. An edn with music or illustrations which was offered
to the public preceding pbn of the text in a vol counts as a first edn, as well as
(by default) a separate priv ptd pam or leaflet of a poem not rptd in the series of
firsts. Edns neither first nor in a sequence of revisions are omitted. Known
unpbd preliminary versions or ‘Trial’ edns, authentic priv ptd edns, and copy-