Record Number: 22028
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after being sent an 'Album' belonging to Queen Victoria, with the request that he write something in it before returning it: 'I had not time yesterday to overlook the volume which Her Majesty sent me. I did but see the inscription in the beginning by the Duchess of Kent and Goethe's "Edel sei der Mensch" in the Prince's handwriting -- a poem which has always appeared to me one of the grandest things which Goethe or any other man has written.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:11 May 1863
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Edel sei der Mensch'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown, Written by Prince Albert into Album belonging to Queen Victoria.
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:22028
Source: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:491
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 1, p. 491, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22028, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
tennyson's contribution to album was 'All Along the Valley'; see p.491 in source.
