| Evidence: | Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 10 July 1754:
'I am beyond description charmed with the Italian sonnet you sent me. I am afraid your opinion is too well grounded of its being absolutely untranslatable, at least into our Gothic language.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 10 Jun 1754 and 10 Jul 1754 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Carter |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1717 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Carlo Maria Maggi |
| Title: | Sonnet 'Care dell'alma stanca Albengatrici...' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter, Transcribed by Catherine Talbot in letter of 10 June 1754. |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 28081 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Montagu Pennington | |
| Title: | A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 175 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 175, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28081, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Talbot's letter with the reproduced sonnet appears at pp.171-172 in source. |
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