An introduction to Tennyson's poem by PHILIP DREW
Mr. Drew argues that we can only understand the nature of Tennyson's achievement in the Idylls of the Hearth if we examine their narrative structure. He describes how in Aulmer's Field (published in 1864) the story varies in pace like a film.
A new production of the talk broadcast on March 4. 1964
A reading by John Betjeman of ' Alllmer's Field ': Sunday at 6.25 p.m.