| Evidence: | Henry Chorley, in Memorials of Mrs Hemans (1836): 'after having heard those beautiful stanzas addressed to his sister [composed August 1816] by Lord Byron -- which afterwards appeared in print -- read aloud twice in manuscript, she [Felicia Hemans] repeated them to us, and even wrote them down with a surprising accuracy.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Aug 1816 and 31 Dec 1831 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Listener: | Felicia Hemans |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Sep 1793 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
| Title: | Stanzas ("My Sister -- my sweet Sister") |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8624 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Susan J. Wolfson | |
| Title: | Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials | |
| Place of Publication: | Princeton | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 588 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials (Princeton, 2000), p. 588, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8624, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Stanzas heard were published 1831. |
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