Record Number: 17307

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, letter postmarked 21 February 1844: 'I suppose by an opinion upon Taylor you mean nothing elaborate -- & indeed I am not qualified for it without a little study, having read Van Artevelde once in a hurry (once -- long ago!) & no work of his subsequently at all.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1834 and 21 Feb 1844

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:

Henry Taylor

Title:

Philip van Artevelde

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1834

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17307

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

8

Page:

216

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 216, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17307, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Barrett's remarks made in response to request from Horne that she think of a 'motto' (ie a quotation from poetry, adapted as a form of epigram) for Taylor; see Letter 1537, p.209 in source.