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Record Number: 19175


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 23 February 1845: 'Arnould is a happiness to see and know [...] I send, with this [letter], a Review with an article of his -- "Rabelais" -- which I know you will be delighted with as I have been'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1845 and 23 Feb 1845

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Arnould

Title:

'Rabelais and His Times' (review of various works on Rabelais)

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The New Quarterly Review, January 1845, pp.174-218

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19175

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

10

Page:

88

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19175, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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