{"product_id":"the-part-of-all-tennyson-romanticism-journal","title":"The Part of All — Tennyson Romanticism Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eTennyson wrote \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e in 1833, within days of learning that his closest friend Arthur Hallam had died at twenty-two. He later said the poem gave him the feeling of going forward — not consolation, but momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlfred, Lord Tennyson, \"Ulysses\" (1842)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I am a part of all that I have met;\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was 24, and needed to make something out of the loss. What he made was an argument: everything you encounter stays with you, becomes part of what you are. Writing is how you track it — the page is where you find out what you’ve actually accumulated. The semicolon is original Tennyson: the sentence isn’t over, and neither are you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three-line quote on a black hardcover. Gold rule beneath it, attribution in a warmer register below that. The semicolon is exactly as Tennyson wrote it — the sentence stays open. A journal whose cover holds an unfinished sentence is the right place to keep writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-part-of-all-tennyson-romanticism-t-shirt\"\u003ePart of All Tee\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-part-of-all-tennyson-mug\"\u003eMug\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Journal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.5″ × 8.5″ hardcover — 120 lined pages, acid-free paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElastic band closure, ribbon bookmark, lay-flat binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe person who thinks by writing — who starts on one thing and realizes it’s about something that happened ten years ago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe traveler who keeps notes; the reader who underlines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe one who’s been collecting encounters for years and is only now starting to understand what they add up to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePut it down. Find out what you’ve met.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlfred, Lord Tennyson, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1809–1892, England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrew up in a Lincolnshire rectory, one of 11 children; began writing verse as a child, published his first collection at 17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueen Victoria said \u003cem\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/em\u003e comforted her after Prince Albert’s death; Tennyson became, briefly, a national grief counselor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaited 11 years to marry Emily Sellwood — the engagement broken off twice for financial reasons; they had 40 years together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDied at 83 with a Shakespeare volume open on his bed and a window cracked to the night air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42644967719006,"sku":"9122228_16952","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/The_Part_of_All_Journal_Alfred_Lord_Tennyson.png?v=1776206287","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-part-of-all-tennyson-romanticism-journal","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}