Record Number: 22821

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Tennyson's manuscript notes on his volume of Ballads and Poems (1880): '"Rizpah" is founded on an incident which I saw thus related in some penny magazine called Old Brighton, lent me by my friend and neighbour Mrs [Mary] Brotherton [goes on to relate account in magazine of Phoebe Hessel, a woman soldier who died at Brighton in 1821, aged 108]'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Isle of Wight

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alfred Tennyson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Old Brighton

Genre:

History, Biography, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22821

Source:

Print

Author:

Hallam Tennyson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1897

Vol:

2

Page:

249-250; 249

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 2, p. 249-250; 249, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22821, accessed: 21 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None