Record Number: 23472

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Bishop Westcott to Hallam Tennyson: 'When "In Memoriam" appeared, I felt (as I feel if possible more strongly now) that the hope of man lies in the historic realization of the Gospel. I rejoiced in the Introduction, which appeared to me to be the mature summing up after an interval of the many strains of thought in the "Elegies." Now the stress of controversy is over, I think so still. As I look at my original copy of "In Memoriam," I recognise that what impressed me most was your father's splendid faith (in the face of the frankest acknowledgement of every difficulty) in the growing purpose of the sum of life, and in the noble destiny of the individual man as he offers himself for the fulfilment of his little part (LIV., LXXXI., LXXXII. and the closing stanzas). This faith has now largely entered into our common life, and it seems to me to express a lesson of the Gospel which the circumstances of all time encourage us to master.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1850

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Brooke Foss Westcott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

In Memoriam

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1850

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23472

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:

1

Page:

300

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son, (London, 1897), 1, p. 300, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23472, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None