Record Number: 3448

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When the Duke of Argyll ... visited Farringford, Tennyson read his "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington" (1852) ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Farringford House

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alfred Tennyson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Duke of Argyll

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3448

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

449-50

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 449-50, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3448, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None