| Evidence: | 'Homer I adore as more than human and I never read Popes fine translation without feeling exalted above my self'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 6 Mar 1806 and 30 Jun 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Evangelical |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Homer |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In translation by Alexander Pope |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16059 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 348 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 348, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16059, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Evidence from Elizabeth Barrett's 'My Own Character' (June 1818). Not clear whether Homer's Odyssey or Iliad referred to (both were translated by Pope). |
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