General
Literary Relations
- Relation to Tennyson's other works — Its place in his poetic development
- Influence upon Victorian fiction
Artistic Relations — Paintings and illustrations of the poem
- An introduction
- The embowered lady by a window
- the climactic moment she first sees Lancelot
- the dead Lady in her boat floating on the river
- Pre-Raphaelite
- A List of Illustrations and paintings of the subject
- Men vs. Women: Illustrating "The Lady of Shalott"
- A Lady of Shalott Gallery
The Victorian Context
- The Cultural Context: Victorian Medievalism
- Social and Political Contexts:Victorian conceptions of women
Theme and Subject
- Victorian conceptions of women
- The Lady of Shalott: Pre-Raphaelite Attitudes Toward Woman in Society
- The Artist and Society
Technique
- Place in Tennyson's Poetic Development
- Irony in the poem
- Structure
- Narration and Point of View
- Genre and Mode
- Setting: The Confinement of the Artist in Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalot"
Last modified 127 December 2006