Record Number: 19446

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 12 April 1845: 'I have been detained from writing to you by reading the Athenaeum of today.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Apr 1845

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birmingham

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:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Unitarian

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:

Title:

The Athenaeum

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Science, Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

12 April 1845

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19446

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

10

Page:

155

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 155, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19446, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter discusses articles in periodical relating to controversy over Martineau's reputed cure by mesmerism; see p.157 n.2 in source.