“With its elegant introduction, lucid annotations, and judiciously selected criticism, Erik Gray’s edition of
In Memoriam
has long been one of my essential tools for teaching the Victorian period. The new contextual materials in this Third Norton Critical Edition will give students a rich sense of Tennyson’s literary predecessors and cultural milieu. Its newly offered array of Victorian reviews will allow students to explore the ways
both soothed and unsettled Tennyson’s contemporaries, while its updated set of critical readings will help them understand how various theoretical and historical approaches to the poem have evolved. I can’t wait to use this new edition in my classrooms.” —SARAH J. HEIDT,
Kenyon College
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
The Eversley Edition text of the poem, accompanied by Erik Gray’s preface, full introduction, and detailed explanatory footnotes.
One illustration.
A generous selection (new to the Third Edition) of background materials on
’s subject, Arthur Henry Hallam, as well as its literary and scientific contexts.
Twelve contemporary reviews spanning 1850–55 (also new to this Third Edition) that suggest
’s initial reception.
Eleven critical essays, five of them new to the Third Edition.
A chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index of first lines.
About the Series
Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.