Tennyson and Goethe’s Faust

Reveals that Faust was a central influence on Tennyson’s creative life Offers an abundance of fresh insights into Tennyson’s poetryMakes a major contribution to the study of Goethe’s influence in BritainDraws on detailed research into manuscripts and other primary sourcesCombines Victorian literature, Romanticism and German studies Tennyson’s interest in Goethe’s masterpiece began around 1824. It reached a remarkable level of intensity in 1833–34, and continued, intermittently, until 1855. The p