Tag Archives: Tennyson

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Book of Job

A book in the Ketuvim or Writings section of the Tanakh, The Book of Job is the first poetic book of the Old Testament.  In a mix of prose and poetry, it addresses the issue of theodicy by examining God’s … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Locksley Hall – Alfred Tennyson

Based on an Arabic work called Mu’allaqat, in 1835,  Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote himself a dramatic monologue in a set of 97 rhyming couplets.  It is a stream of consciousness work with it’s protagonist caught up in in an interior … Continue reading

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