| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 December 1844:
'I saw the sonnet [of Wordsworth] [...] which gave me so much offence by the prose note attached to it beginning .. "This is not mere poetry, but truth" -- or something to that effect! So unworthy of a poet, as giving in to the vulgar notion of poetry & truth being different things! Also, I saw Mon[c]kton Milnes's sonnet in reply -- very good -- but not one of his best sonnets.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 30 Nov 1844 and 16 Dec 1844 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Author: | Richard Monckton Milnes |
| Title: | 'Projected Railways in Westmoreland. An Answer to Mr Wordsworth's Late Sonnet' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | In The Whitehaven Herald, 30 November 1844 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17598 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 281 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 281, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17598, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| See p.259 n.15 in source for details of publication of text read. |
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