Record Number: 22004
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
The Duke of Argyll to Alfred Tennyson, 14 July 1859: 'I think my prediction is coming true, that your "Idylls of the King" will be understood and admired by many who are incapable of understanding and appreciating many of your other works. 'Macaulay is certainly not a man incapable of [italics]understanding[end italics] anything but I knew that his tastes in poetry were so formed in another line that I gave him a good test, and three days ago I gave him "Guinevere." 'The result has been as I expected, that he has been [italics]delighted with it[end italics]. He told me that he has been greatly moved by it, and admired it exceedingly. Altho' by practice and disposition he is eminently a critic, he did not find one single fault. Yesterday I gave him the "Maid of Astolat" with which he was delighted also.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:11 Jul 1859
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Oct 1800
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Guinevere
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Idylls of the King
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22004
Source:Hallam Tennyson
Editor:n/a
Title:Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1897
Vol:1
Page:447
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son, (London, 1897), 1, p. 447, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22004, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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