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Record Number: 16571


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, mid-February 1840: 'Did you ever hear how poor Mr Reade has compromised himself with Fraser .. in the magazine? [...] how Fraser reviewed his poetry savagely last December or January, & published at full length still more savagely divers applications & submissions which the poet had addressed to his private tender mercies [...] It made my blood run cold with sympathy for the poor poet when I read it first.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1839 and 16 Feb 1840

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torquay
county: Devonshire

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Review of William Reade's poems Italy and The Deluge

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Fraser's Magazine, December 1839, pp.758-62.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16571

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

237

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 237, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16571, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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