The Last Tournament

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The Last Tournament is one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s later Arthurian poems, depicting the moral decay and disintegration of King Arthur’s court.

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instanceOf Arthurian poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Arthurian legend ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cyclePosition one of the later Idylls of the King ⓘ
depicts corruption among the Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
the breakdown of King Arthur’s court ⓘ
featuresCharacter Isolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark of Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1871 ⓘ
form verse narrative ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
includedIn collected editions of Idylls of the King ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Guinevere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Lancelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Tristram NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter blank verse ⓘ
narrativeFocus the last tournament held at Camelot ⓘ
partOf Idylls of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Camelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Arthur's court NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolism the Red Knight as a symbol of lawlessness ⓘ
the ruined tournament as a symbol of moral collapse ⓘ
theme adultery ⓘ
chivalric decline ⓘ
disintegration of the Round Table ⓘ
loss of idealism ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
writer Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Idylls of the King → containsPoem → The Last Tournament ⓘ