Record Number: 17185

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 June 1843: 'My idea of [italics]V[ed italics] has always been .. a clever woman, whose vocation it is not, to write poetry. Her "I watched the Heavens" is after Dante -- [italics]after[end italics] in all sorts of ways. Of the "Nine Poems" I have seen extracts only.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1840 and 16 Jun 1843

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:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

V

Title:

IX Poems by V. (extracts)

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1840

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17185

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

7

Page:

192

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17185, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None