| Evidence: | 'I tried to read Tennyson?s Ode on the Dook of Wellington (which is the finest lyrical poem in the language in case you don?t know) aloud this morning, and I had a hand at my throat tightening steadily as I read, until I could articulate no more and had to throw the book away. That is one of the experiences in life worth having; so were the Elgin Marbles.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 20 Oct 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: 17 Heriot Row |
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Aspiring writer and intermittent law student |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland (wavering) |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Title: | Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | The Ode was first published in 1852, the year of the Duke's death. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17670 | |
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| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Editor: | Bradford A. Booth | |
| Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 324, To Bob Stevenson, [20 October 1874]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The date in square brackets has been added by the editors |
| Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17670, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| The Duke of Wellington died 14 Sept 1852. Tennyson not yet not yet Lord T. at the time of Letter 325; he finally accepted a peerage in 1883 and took his seat in the House of Lords on 11 March 1884. |
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