Record Number: 28081
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 10 July 1754: 'I am beyond description charmed with the Italian sonnet you sent me. I am afraid your opinion is too well grounded of its being absolutely untranslatable, at least into our Gothic language.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 10 Jun 1754 and 10 Jul 1754
Country:England
Timen/a
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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:16 Dec 1717
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sonnet 'Care dell'alma stanca Albengatrici...'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter, Transcribed by Catherine Talbot in letter of 10 June 1754.
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28081
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:2
Page:175
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 175, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28081, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Talbot's letter with the reproduced sonnet appears at pp.171-172 in source.
