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Record 17185

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 June 1843: 'My idea of [italics]V[ed italics] has always been .. a clever woman, whose vocation it is not, to write poetry. Her "I watched the Heavens" is after Dante -- [italics]after[end italics] in all sorts of ways. Of the "Nine Poems" I have seen extracts only.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1840 and 16 Jun 1843
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:Elizabeth Barrett
Age Adult (18-100+)
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: V
Title: IX Poems by V. (extracts)
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: 1840
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17185  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1989
  Vol: 7
  Page: 192
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17185, accessed: 28 March 2024

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