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Record Number: 17312


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 21 March 1844: 'Southey's letters! I did quite delight in [italics]them[end italics]! They are more [italics]personal[end italics] than any I ever saw of his, -- & have more warm everyday life in them.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1844 and 21 Mar 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


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:

unknown

Title:

A Memoir of ... The Late William Taylor of Norwich

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17312

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:

264

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 264, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17312, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Southey letters mentioned in evidence contained in text; see p.265 n.4 in source.

   
   
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