Evidence: | Aubrey de Vere to Alfred Tennyson, 28 December 1876:
'I do not like to defer longer sending you my most cordial thanks for sending me your "Harold." I have already read the whole of it twice, and many parts much oftener [...] You know how heartily I admired it when you read it aloud to me: and I can honestly assure you that the admiration has not been less on reading it to myself. On that first occasion it may have derived an advantage from your reading; but if so, the more careful attention one gives to what one reads with one's own eyes fully compensated for whatever was lost. The great characteristic of this drama is to me that of an heroic strength blended with heroic simplicity, and everything in it harmonious with that predominant characteristic [goes on to discuss in detail].' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1809 |
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) |
Aubrey de Vere |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | Harold |
Genre: | Drama, History, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 22806 | |
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: | 2 | |
Page: | 190-191 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 190-191, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22806, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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