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Record Number: 19618


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 7 November 1850: 'I have seen extracts in the Examiner from Tennyson's "In Memoriam," which seemed to me exquisitely beautiful & pathetical.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 8 1850 and 7 Nov 1850

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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 Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

In Memoriam (extracts)

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In review in The Examiner, 8 June 1850, pp.356-357

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19618

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

16

Page:

226

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 226, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19618, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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