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Record 21226

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Alfred Tennyson, aged twelve, to his aunt Marianne Fytche: 'You used to tell me that you should be obliged to me if I would write to you and give you my remarks on works and authors. I shall now fulfil the promise which I made at that time. Going into the library this morning, I picked up "Samson Agonistes," on which (as I think it is a play you like) I shall send you my remarks [goes on to comment in detail on various transcribed passages from text, with points discussed including Classical allusions, and etymologies of words]'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1821 and 31 Dec 1821
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Somersby
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Alfred Tennyson
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6 Aug 1809
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Milton
Title: Samson Agonistes
Genre: Other religious, Drama, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21226  
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: 7-9; 7
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 7-9; 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21226, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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