| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, c.13 March 1845: 'Do you read Blackwood? & in that case, have you had deep delight in an exquisite paper by the Opium-eater, which my heart trembled through from end to end? What a poet that man is! how he vivifies words, & deepens them, & gives them profound significance'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1845 and 13 Mar 1845 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| 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: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas De Quincey |
| Title: | 'Suspiria De Profundis: Being a Sequel to the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | In Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, March 1845, pp.269-285 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19181 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | 10 | |
| Page: | 125 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19181, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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