Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 April 1842:
'As to your kind desire to hear whatever in the way of favorable remark I have gathered for
fruit of my papers [on the Greek Christian poets], I put on a veil and tell you that Mr Kenyon
thought it well done altho' "labor thrown away from the unpopularity of the subject" -- that
Miss Mitford was very much pleased [...] that Mrs Jamieson read them "with great pleasure"
unconsciously of the author, -- & that Mr Horne the poet & Mr Browning the poet were not
behind in approbation! Mr Browning is said to be learned in Greek [...] & of Mr Horne I should
suspect something similar. Miss Mitford & Mrs Jamieson altho' very gifted & highly cultivated
women are not Graecians & therefore judge the papers simply as English compositions.
'The single unfavorable opinion is Mr Hunter's who thinks that the criticisms are not given with
either sufficient seriousness or diffidence, & that there is a painful sense of effort through the
whole.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 26 Feb 1842 and 2 Apr 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Robert Browning |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 7 May 1812 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
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: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Title: | 'Some Account of the Greek Christian Poets' |
Genre: | Other religious, Classics, Essays / Criticism, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | Serialised over four issues of The Athenaeum, beginning on 26 February 1842. |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16989 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
Vol: | 5 | |
Page: | 303 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 303, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16989, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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