In Memoriam A.H.H. Resources

Dig this brief overview of Tennyson's life.

Dive deep into Tennyson's life, as detailed by the fabulous Victorian Web.

Check out this nifty one-hour documentary that profiles our favorite Poet Laureate.

Okay, so this is a slightly-hilarious video of Scottish actor Ian Richardson reading parts of In Memoriam in various poses.

Listen to these English professors get their Tennyson on with some readings from In Memoriam.

The great folks at Librivox recorded the whole thing for your ears.

Here's an inside cover of an early edition of In Memoriam.

This inside cover features our beardy poet.

The hat and hipster beard really give him that certain something.

In 2009, an exhibition devoted to Tennyson opened in his previous home of the Isle of Wight. Get the lowdown here.

So you want to know which stage of grief Tennyson's in at any given point of the poem? This Time magazine article is a good start, as it offers some new thoughts on the subject.

This is one of the go-to standard versions of the poem that is taught, although in excerpted form.

For those of us who like the entire text—complete with historical, cultural, and literary contexts as well as a nice side dish of criticism (mmm…criticism)—there's the Norton Critical Edition.