A long elegy works through years of grief for a dead friend toward a hard-won faith.
Books that mention In Memoriam (4)
The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie & J. Berg Esenwein: “There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. --TENNYSON, _In Memoriam_.”
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller: “Mr. Irons also read with me Tennyson's "In Memoriam." I had read many books before, but never from a critical point of view.”
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov: “vies with the In Memoriam of Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)”
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom: “Much of Tennyson's finest poetry comprises elegies for Hallam, including "In Memoriam" and the "Marte d'Anhur."”