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Record Number: 17187


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 30 June 1843: 'I honor Mrs Coleridge for the readiness of reasoning & integrity in her reasoning, for the learning, energy & impartiality which she has brought to her purpose -- & I agree with her in many of her objects; & disagree, by opposing her opponents with a fuller front than she is always inclined to do [...] I have read the book in spite of prophecies. After all I shd like to cut it in two -- it wd be better for being shorter -- and it might be clearer also. There is in fact some dulness & perplexity [...] & what I cannot help considering a superfluous tenderness for Puseyism.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1843 and 30 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


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:

Mrs Coleridge

Title:

'On Rationalism'

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published as Appendix C to 5th edition (1843) of S. T. Coleridge, Aids to Reflection.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17187

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:

212

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 212, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17187, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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