Record Number: 23474
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
John Ruskin to Alfred Tennyson, from Strasburg (1860): 'I have had the "Idylls" in my travelling desk ever since I could get them across the water, and have only not written about them because I could not quite make up my mind about that increased quietness of style [...] 'The four songs seem to me the jewels of the crown, and bits come every here and there, the fright of the maid for instance, and the "In the darkness o'er her fallen head," which seem to me finer than almost all you have done yet. Nevertheless I am not sure but I feel the art and finish in these poems a little more than I like to feel it [...] 'As a description of various nobleness and tenderness the book is without price: but I shall always wish it had been nobleness independent of a romantic condition of externals in general.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1860
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Idylls of the King
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:23474
Source: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:452-453
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 452-453, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23474, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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