Legends of King Arthur by Alfred Tennyson

Now anyone who writes about Arthur, myself included, draws on the work of the Great Arthurian Poets, and Tennyson was no different. But I am interested in him because he also published an Arthurian inspired epic poem between 18 and he called it, as I have already said, The Idylls of King. Lord Tennyson was appointed to the position of Poet Laureate in 1850, after the death of William Wordsworth, and he is mostly remembered for his great work - The Charge of the Light Brigade. It is a stunning location, well worth checking out.Īlfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign.

If you ever get the chance to visit Tintagel, then do. The cave itself sits under Tintagel Castle, and if you have the slightest interest in Arthur, then I am sure you have heard of Tintagel. The above quote was taken from Tennyson's Idylls of the King and the place Tennyson was referring to was none other than Merlin's Cave in Cornwall. Who stoopt and caught the babe, and cried 'The King! Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame:Īnd down the wave and in the flame was borne Till last, a ninth one, gathering half the deepĪnd full of voices, slowly rose and plunged 'Wave after wave, each mightier than the last, I will also try to answer the question I just posed. Today, I am going to take a look at one of the great Arthurian writers. If folklore is just storytelling, is there any truth in the tale of King Arthur and his Knights? But we understand it as verbal storytelling. The word folk referred to the rural poor who were, for the most part, illiterate. In this letter, he talked about 'popular antiquities.' But instead of calling it by its common name, he used a new term - folklore. In 1846 William John Thoms, a British writer, penned a letter to The Athenaeum, a British Magazine. This series is a skillful intersection of history and myth. Today, we are celebrating the release of her latest novel, The Du Lac Curse, Book 5 of The Du Lac Chronicles. My readers will remember Mary Anne Yarde as a past visitor to this blog, and I am very pleased for her to join us once again.

Legends of King Arthur by Alfred Tennyson