| Evidence: | 'I have read Bulwer's "Rienzi" and yours also. I always thought your tragedy the best of your works, and I think so still. It is a glorious thing. I like Bulwer's too, very much, but unless there were historical ground for the love between a Colonna and the family of Rienzi, he has injured his work by the introduction. It is so palpably an imitation of the tragedy and with much less effect...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 4 Feb 1836 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Howitt |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 Mar 1799 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Mary Russell Mitford |
| Title: | Rienzi |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16720 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | A.G. L'Estrange | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1882 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 306-7 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Mary Howitt to Miss Mitford, Nottingham, February 4, 1836 |
| Citation: | A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 306-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16720, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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