All 3 Uses of
Alfred Tennyson
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Lawn Tennyson, gentleman poet.†
Chpt 3Tennyson = most renowned poet of the Victorian era (1809-1892)
- And other lady friends from neighbour seats as Lawn Tennyson, gentleman poet, sings.†
Chpt 9
- LORD TENNYSON: (Gentleman poet in Union Jack blazer and cricket flannels, bareheaded, flowingbearded) Theirs not to reason why.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Alfred Tennyson) most renowned poet of the Victorian era (1809-1892)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, Tennyson can refer to someone else with that name.