GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748649129 ISBN 9780748641345 ISBN 9780748641352 Introduces Tennyson s famous elegy to first time readers students and teachers of the poem This guide takes readers through Tennyson s elegy providing The full text of the poemInformation about its cultural historical and literary contextsFour different reading strategies for approaching the textSuggested seminar activities assessments and module outlines for teachers and lecturersIn Memoriam is one of the most famous and influential poems of the 19th century Composed over nearly three decades and spanning over 100 sections it is one of the longest elegies in the English language It is at once a deeply personal description of grief and a wide ranging discussion of its age