但尼生(1809～1892年)

Tennyson, Alfred

受封为但尼生男爵（Baron Tennyson (of Aldworth and Freshwater)）

以但尼生勳爵阿弗列（Alfred, Lord Tennyson）知名

英国维多利亚时代最杰出的诗人。後成为男爵，被称为阿尔弗雷德.但尼生男爵。就读於剑桥大学期间，与阿瑟.哈莱姆建立了深厚的友谊，於1830年发表了抒情诗集。1833年发表另一诗集，其中包括〈食荷花人〉、〈夏洛蒂小姐〉等。同年，哈莱姆的不期而亡沈重打击了田纳西，促使他写成後来收集到他的《悼念集》（1850）里的一些诗篇，以及後来出现在创作时间较长的，他最喜爱的诗集《莫德》（1855）里的一些抒情诗。接着他又於1842年创作了《诗集》，其中包括〈尤里西斯〉、〈亚瑟王之死〉、〈洛克斯利堂〉，於1847年创作了长篇反女性主义的奇幻故事《公主》，其中包括抒情诗〈甜美与粗俗〉，〈泪水，无用的泪水〉等。他於1850年结婚并封为英国桂冠诗人。其後他的主要作品有〈轻骑兵冲锋〉（1855）、描述亚瑟王传奇故事的《国王叙事集》（1859）、《伊诺克.阿登》（1864）。但尼生是一位造诣极高的诗人，有着忧郁的诗人气质，也被看为是英国中产阶级的代言人。他的作品常常反映科学的进步对当时社会的传统思想所带来的冲击。

English version：

1809～1892年

Tennyson, Alfred

known asAlfred, Lord TennysonEnglish poet, the leading poet of the Victorian Age. While attending Cambridge Univ., Tennyson developed a deep friendship with Arthur Hallam and published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830). Another volume, including “The Lotos-Eaters” and “The Lady of Shalott,” was published in 1832 (dated 1833). When Hallam died suddenly in 1833, the severe shock prompted Tennyson to write poems that eventually became part of the vast In Memoriam (1850) and lyrics that later appeared in the brooding Maud (1855), his favorite poem. Poems (1842), including “Ulysses,” “Morte d'Arthur,” and “Locksley Hall,” followed, then The Princess (1847), a long antifeminist fantasia that includes such lyrics as “Sweet and Low” and “Tears, Idle Tears.” In 1850 he married and was named poet laureate of England. Among his subsequent works are “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (1855); Idylls of the King (1859), treating the Arthurian legend; and Enoch Arden (1864). A consummate poetic artist who was inclined to melancholy, Tennyson was also regarded as a spokesman for the educated English middle class. His works often dealt with the difficulties of an age when traditional assumptions were increasingly called into question by science and modern progress.