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Record 23042

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'One of the last letters my father wrote during this year [1891] was to the young poet William Watson, whose "Wordsworth's Grave" pleased him.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Dec 1891 and 20 Dec 1891
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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 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)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Watson
Title: 'Wordsworth's Grave'
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 23042  
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: 392
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 392, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23042, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Text sent to Tennyson by its author; see p.392 in source for letter to Watson of 20 December 1891 in which Tennyson thanks him for it, telling him 'to me who receive [...] all but every morning, in print or in MSS, verses, verses, verses, the voice of a poet and a patriot must all the more be grateful.'

 

 

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