Record Number: 23344
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From F. T. Palgrave's 'Personal Recollections' of Tennyson: 'I had put the scheme of my Golden Treasury before him during a walk near to Land's End in the late summer of 1860 [...] at the Christmas-tide following, the gathered materials [...] were laid before Tennyson for final judgement [...] With most by far of the pieces submitted he was already acquainted: but I seem to remember more of less special praise of Lodge's "Rosaline," of "My Love in her attire...": and the "Emigrant's Song" by Marvell. For some poems by that writer then with difficulty accessible, he had a special admiration: delighting to read, with a voice hardly yet to me silent, and dwelling more than once, on the magnificent hyperbole, the powerful union of pathos and humour in the lines "To his coy Mistress" [...] 'After reading Cowper's "Poplar Field": "People nowadays, I believe, hold this style and metre light; I wish there were any who could put words together with such exquisite flow and evenness." Presently we reached the same poet's stanzas to Mary Unwin. He read them, yet could barely read them, so deeply was he touched by their tender, their almost agonising pathos.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1891
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:6 Aug 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Francis Turner Palgrave
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'To His Coy Mistress
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:23344
Source:Hallam Tennyson
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Title:Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1897
Vol:2
Page:500-501
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Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 2, p. 500-501, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23344, accessed: 08 November 2024
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