Pelleas and Ettarre

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"Pelleas and Ettarre" is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson within his Arthurian cycle that explores unrequited love, betrayal, and disillusionment among the Knights of the Round Table.

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instanceOf Arthurian work ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Alfred Tennyson ⓘ
Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ
basedOn Arthurian legend ⓘ
basedOnCharacter Ettarre (Arthurian legend) ⓘ
Sir Pelleas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cycle Arthurian cycle ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend
explores failure of knightly ideals ⓘ
moral decay in Camelot ⓘ
featuresCharacter King Arthur ⓘ
featuresGroup Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
firstPublication 19th century ⓘ
form blank verse ⓘ
genre Arthurian poetry ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

Victorian narrative poetry ⓘ
hasLiteraryRelation companion idyll to "Lancelot and Elaine" ⓘ
companion idyll to "The Holy Grail" ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Ettarre ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
Pelleas ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Idylls of the King ⓘ
publisher Edward Moxon & Co. (as part of Tennyson’s Idylls publications) ⓘ
linked to: Edward Moxon & Co.
setting Camelot ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
honor ⓘ
romantic idealism versus reality ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ

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Idylls of the King → containsPoem → Pelleas and Ettarre ⓘ