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Record 17009

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 July 1842: 'Sir L. Bulwer has just published a set of sing-songs -- I read two, or one, in a Review -- & thought them abominable.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 9 Jul 1842 and 13 Jul 1842
Country: England
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 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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Title: Eva; the Ill-omened Marriage, and Other Tales and Poems (extracts)
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: Source eds suggest The Athenaeum, 9 July 1842 (no. 767, pp.608-09).
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17009  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: 6
  Page: 33
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 33, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17009, accessed: 29 March 2024

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