Letters and lives of the Tennyson women / Marion Sherwood and Rosalind Boyce.
"Contradicting common perception of them as mere footnotes in Tennyson's career, this book examines the influence of his strong-minded female forebears on the young poet and reveals that the women in Tennyson's family circle were prolific and engaging correspondents. Their letters, pr...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Touching the Past
- 1. 'When I receive your letters I feel that inward Joy unspeakable': Mary Turbaner Tennyson's Letters to her Mother, 1775 to 1804
- 2. 'The tenderest and best of Husbands': Mary Turbaner Tennyson and George Tennyson, 1775 to 1825
- 3. 'Star of the North': Elizabeth Tennyson Russell, 1776 to 1865
- 4. Mother and Sons: Mary Turbaner Tennyson, George Clayton Tennyson and Charles Tennyson, 1778 to 1825
- 5. 'A delicate, pretty girl': Frances Mary Hutton Tennyson, 1787 to 1878
- 6. 'Your truly affectionate Old Aunt Bourbane': Mary Tennyson Bourbane, 1777 to 1864
- Conclusion: 'The noble letters of the dead'.