Record Number: 19627
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Thomas Westwood, 12-13 December 1850: 'If you had not sent me the Athenaeum article I never should have seen it probably, for my husband only saw it in the reading room, where women dont penetrate, (because in Italy we cant read, you see) & where the periodicals are kept so strictly like Hesperian apples, by the dragons of the place, that none can be stolen away for even half an hour. So he could only wish me to catch sight of that article -- and you are good enough to send it & oblige us both accordingly.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 30 Nov 1850 and 13 Dec 1850
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Florence
specific address: Vieusseux's Reading Rooms
(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:Male
Date of Birth:7 May 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (1850)
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn The Athenaeum, 30 November 1850 (no.1205, pp.1242-44)
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:19627
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:16
Page:243
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19627, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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