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Record Number: 23349


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From F. T. Palgrave's 'Personal Recollections' of Tennyson: 'Tennyson [...] said that Clough as he lay on the grass in some lovely valley near Cauteretz, had read aloud passages from his last and unfinished poem, the series of tales named "Mari Magno" [...] "When he read them his voice faltered at times: like every poet, he was [italics]moved by his own pathos[end italics]."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1861 and 31 Dec 1861

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cauteretz

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:

Arthur Hugh Clough

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

Alfred Tennyson


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arthur Hugh Clough

Title:

Mari Magno

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

23349

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:

502

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 502, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23349, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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