| Evidence: | 'I am going on with my reading of Shakespeare's historical plays, and yesterday I came on the murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloster, and the death of Beaufort; and Tennyson's 'bland and mild' Shakespeare grated between my teeth — one, who could so measure such a genius has no wings to soar into the higher realms of poetry; he must content himself with such things as 'Locksley Hall'.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 8 Jan 1869 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Fanny Allen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Title: | Locksley Hall |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 32234 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Henrietta Litchfield | |
| Title: | Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1915 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 194 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Fanny Allen to her great-niece Henrietta Darwin. 8. January 1869 |
| Citation: | Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 (New York, 1915), 2, p. 194, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=32234, accessed: 25 May 2013 | |
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