http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/#comment-324031 Robert Browning in 2012 | OUPblog Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:30:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29843#comment-324031 [...] official Dickens 2012 group was set up to co-ordinate and keep track of them all. The writings of Alfred Tennyson, Browning’s (consistently more popular) rival, also cropped up in some high-profile places [...] [...] official Dickens 2012 group was set up to co-ordinate and keep track of them all. The writings of Alfred Tennyson, Browning’s (consistently more popular) rival, also cropped up in some high-profile places [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/#comment-319045 Skyfall | Culture and Anarchy Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:59:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29843#comment-319045 [...] from ‘Ulysses’ were inscribed on the wall of the Olympic village. It does seem to be a good year for Tennyson. Yet one could argue that these lines suggest a kind of misplaced nostalgia for a British past that [...] [...] from ‘Ulysses’ were inscribed on the wall of the Olympic village. It does seem to be a good year for Tennyson. Yet one could argue that these lines suggest a kind of misplaced nostalgia for a British past that [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/#comment-313229 Roman Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:41:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29843#comment-313229 Thank you; I looked this quote up as soon as I got home from that thoroughly enjoyable film! :D Thank you; I looked this quote up as soon as I got home from that thoroughly enjoyable film!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/#comment-301702 Becca Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:58:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29843#comment-301702 “Ulysses” is one of my favorite poems- and this post made my day. Thank you! “Ulysses” is one of my favorite poems- and this post made my day. Thank you!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/alfred-tennyson-2012-olympics/#comment-299639 Gregory Tate Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:40:37 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29843#comment-299639 Sorry to comment on my own post, but it seems that Tennyson - possibly "Ulysses" - is quoted in Skyfall, the new James Bond film which is out on 26 October: http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/skyfall/5047755.article Sorry to comment on my own post, but it seems that Tennyson – possibly “Ulysses” – is quoted in Skyfall, the new James Bond film which is out on 26 October: http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/skyfall/5047755.article

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