| Evidence: | '[Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot] read and admired the work of Elizabeth Rowe, and questioned each other excitedly about the almost forgotten Katherine Philips, the "matchless Orinda", impressed that her work is mentioned with "the highest respect, admiration and reverence by the writers of that time." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | ? | ||||||||||
| 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: | Classicist / bluestocking |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | ? |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Katherine Philips |
| Title: | works |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6423 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 142 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 142, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6423, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| See Montagu Pennington (ed.), Series of letters between Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot (1808), vol 1. |
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