Record Number: 16128

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1 December 1827: 'I [italics]have[end italics] read the Pharsalia; & am very glad that you do not join in the classical [italics]growl[end italics] against it, given vent to, by most critics [...] Lucan is an ardent poet: the lightning of his spirit [...] has a real stormy grandeur which can only proceed from genius.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lucan

Title:

Pharsalia

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16128

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

91

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16128, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None