Evidence: | The Duke of Argyll to Alfred Tennyson, 14 July 1859:
'I think my prediction is coming true, that your "Idylls of the King" will be understood and admired by many who are incapable of understanding and appreciating many of your other works.
'Macaulay is certainly not a man incapable of [italics]understanding[end italics] anything but I knew that his tastes in poetry were so formed in another line that I gave him a good test, and three days ago I gave him "Guinevere."
'The result has been as I expected, that he has been [italics]delighted with it[end italics]. He told me that he has been greatly moved by it, and admired it exceedingly. Altho' by practice and disposition he is eminently a critic, he did not find one single fault. Yesterday I gave him the "Maid of Astolat" with which he was delighted also.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 11 Jul 1859 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | Guinevere |
Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In Idylls of the King |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22004 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | 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: | 447 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 447, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22004, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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