18 books like Tennyson

What to read after Tennyson — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

A preface to Wordsworth John Arthur Purkis · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares 19th Century, English Poets, Poets, Literary Criticism with this book.

Robert Browning Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1903 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares English Poets, Biography & Memoir with this book.

Cowper Goldwin Smith · 1800 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares English Poets, Poets, Biography & Memoir with this book.

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

The prelude William Wordsworth · 1850 · ★ 3.9 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Selected sonnets and poems with bibliography and chronology of the life of Wordsworth. Shares Poets, Literary Criticism

Ted Hughes Terry Gifford · 1981 · ★ 3.6 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This innovative casebook introduces readers to wide-ranging critical dialogue about the work of Ted Hughes, one of the most popular and influential British poets of the twentieth century. In twelve new essays, international authorities on Hughes examine and debate his work, shedding new light on familiar texts. Split into two parts, the first half of this book examines Hughes's work through… Shares English Poets, Literary Criticism, Biography & Memoir

Memoranda during the war Walt Whitman · 1876 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "In December of 1862, having read his brother's name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the war front, where he found his brother wounded but recovering. But Whitman also found there a "new world," a world dense with horror and revelation." "Memoranda During the War is Whitman's testament to the anguish, heroism, and terror of the Civil War. The book consists of journal… Shares 19th Century, Poets, Biography & Memoir

Letters of Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens · 1966 · ★ 4.3 · 890p · ≈ 29h · Challenging Long unavailable, now in paperback for the first time, these are the brilliant, subtle, illuminating letters of one of the great poets of the twentieth century. Wallace Stevens's famous criterion for poetry - "It should give pleasure" - informed his epistolary aesthetic as well; these letters stimulate one's appetite for poetry as they valorize the imagination and the senses. They also offer… Shares Poets, Biography & Memoir

L'Ecole Des Femmes Molière · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Chrysalde. Vous venez, dites-vous, pour lui donner la main ? Arnolphe. Oui, je veux terminer la chose dans demain. Chrysalde. Nous sommes ici seuls ; et l'on peut, ce me semble, sans craindre d'etre ouis, y discourir ensemble : voulez-vous qu'en ami je vous ouvre mon coeur ? Votre dessein pour vous me fait trembler de peur ; et de quelque facon que vous tourniez l'affaire, prendre femme est a… Shares Literary Criticism

History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck · 1911 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The wide use of the author's History of English Literature, the favor with which it has been received in all parts of the United States, and the number of earnest requests for a History of American Literature on the same plan, have led to the writing of this book. It has not appeared sooner because the author has followed his rule of making a careful first-hand study, not only of all the matter… Shares Literary Criticism

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir

Writing Life Writing

Writing Life Writing Paul John Eakin · 2020 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Biography & Memoir with this book.

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