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[[Samuel Beckett]]'s 1932 ''[[Dream of Fair to Middling Women]]'' parodies Tennyson's title and alludes to his and Chaucer's poems. |
[[Samuel Beckett]]'s 1932 ''[[Dream of Fair to Middling Women]]'' parodies Tennyson's title and alludes to his and Chaucer's poems. |
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A 1920 American short film with this title directed by [[Wilfrid North]] credits Tennyson.<ref>{{IMDb title|0342307|A Dream of Fair Women}}</ref> The film features four winners of the ''[[Motion Picture Classic]]'' magazine's 1919 "Fame and Fortune" contest, which included [[Virginia Brown Faire]]. |
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* [http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/4071/ "A Dream of Fair Women"]. ''The Literature Network''. Retrieved 11 May 2022. |
* [http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/4071/ "A Dream of Fair Women"]. ''The Literature Network''. Retrieved 11 May 2022. |
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Revision as of 17:07, 29 July 2023
A Dream of Fair Women is a poem by Alfred Tennyson. It was written and published in 1833 as "A Legend of Fair Women", but was heavily revised for republication under its present tile in 1842. [1]
The opening lines of the poem are:
As when a man, that sails in a balloon,
Downlooking sees the solid shining ground.
Stream from beneath him in the broad blue noon,
Tilth, hamlet, mead and mound …
The poem was inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women (1384). Both works feature Cleopatra and deal with the misfortunes of illustrious women.[2]
Samuel Beckett's 1932 Dream of Fair to Middling Women parodies Tennyson's title and alludes to his and Chaucer's poems.
A 1920 American short film with this title directed by Wilfrid North credits Tennyson.[3] The film features four winners of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's 1919 "Fame and Fortune" contest, which included Virginia Brown Faire.
References
External links
- "A Dream of Fair Women". The Literature Network. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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