Evidence: | 'The "faithful Fitz" [Edward Fitzgerald] writes that as early as 1835, when he met my father in the Lake Country, at the Speddings' (Mirehouse, by Bassenthwaite Lake) he saw what was to be part of this 1842 volume [of Tennyson's poetry], the "Morte d'Arthur," "The Day-Dream," "The Lord of Burleigh," "Dora," and "The Gardener's Daughter." They were read out of an MS. "in a little red book to him and Spedding of a night, when all the house was mute [...] My father read them a great deal of Wordsworth, "the dear old fellow," as he called him [...] Fitzgerald notes again:
'"I could remember A. T. saying he remembered the time when he could see nothing in 'Michael' which he now read us in admiration [...]"
'My father also read Keats and Milton'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1835 and 31 Dec 1835 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Cumbria specific address: Mirehouse |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
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, workmates) |
Edward Fitzgerald James Spedding |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Keats |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21414 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 151-152; 152 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 151-152; 152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21414, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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