WorkAlfred Tennyson

“Dora," "Locksley Hall," "The Two Voices," "Morte d'Arthur," in Poems”

Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

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Documented 1842

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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

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  • 1842DoraAttested

    “In Dora, Locksley Hall, the Two Voices, Morte D'Arthur, I find my own life, much of it, written truly out.”

    Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · 'August, 1842. Cambridge'

    Same letter/date as explicit Tennyson reading statement (idx 1048), naming specific poem 'Dora' she has been reading.

  • 1842Locksley HallAttested

    “In Dora, Locksley Hall, the Two Voices, Morte D'Arthur, I find my own life, much of it, written truly out.”

    Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · 'August, 1842. Cambridge'

    Same letter/date as explicit Tennyson reading statement, naming 'Locksley Hall'.

  • 1842Morte D'ArthurAttested

    “In Dora, Locksley Hall, the Two Voices, Morte D'Arthur, I find my own life, much of it, written truly out.”

    Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · 'August, 1842. Cambridge'

    Same letter/date as explicit Tennyson reading statement, naming 'Morte D'Arthur'.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist1record
V. New York
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850
1842—

Letter to William H. Channing(?)

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“In Dora, Locksley Hall, the Two Voices, Morte D'Arthur, I find my own life, much of it, written truly out.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.

She identifies with all four, stating she finds her own life "written truly out" in them, and they are cataloged collectively since her commentary applies to the group as a whole.