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Contents: Tennyson and the poetics of transcendence: an introduction; "I would be dying evermore": divining desire in Tennyson’s early poems; Seeking truth in knowledge: quest and counter-quest in The Princess; "The wish too strong for words to name": In Memoriam and the poetry of desire; "The holy power of love": Maud and transcendence; Empty labor: the success of failure in Idylls of the King; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.