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Record Number: 17327


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sara Coleridge to John Kenyon, 1844: 'I return with thanks the Poems of Miss Barrett, which I now always mention in high terms to any of my acquaintances, whenever the conversations [sic] affords an opportunity. I think my favourites are the "Poet's Vow," "A Romance of the Ganges," "Isobel's Child" (so like "Christabel" in manner, as mamma and I both thought), "The Island," "The Deserted Garden," and "Cowper's Grave" [goes on to criticise work in further detail]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1844 and 31 Dec 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:

Sara Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Dec 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1844

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

17327

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:

333

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 333, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17327, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Reader the daughter of S. T. Coleridge.

   
   
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