Record Number: 19531
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 20 December 1845: 'Mrs. Sigourney has just sent me, .. just this morning .. her "Scenes in my native land" -- &, peeping between the uncut leaves, I read of the poet Hillhouse, of "sublime spirit & Miltonic energy," standing in "the temple of Fame" as if it were built on purpose for him! -- I supppose he is like most of the American poets .. who are shadows of the true .. as flat as a shadow, as colourless as a shadow, as lifeless & as transitory.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 18 Dec 1845 and 20 Dec 1845
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
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: Title:Scenes in my Native Land
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon and Boston, 1845
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19531
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:11
Page:251
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19531, accessed: 25 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Sigourney's comments on James Abraham Hillhouse appear at p.262 in text, in essay entitled "Moonlight at Sachem's Wood, New Haven, Connecticut' (see p.253 n.5 in source).
