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Record Number: 28216


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 31 January 1760:] 'For want of other nonsense books, I am reading an Italian translation of Euripides. -- A pretty good one, I fancy, though, what in Italian is peculiarly provoking, rugged and inharmonious. The Phenicians, and the Medea, filled me with horror [comments further] [...] The Orestes amused me very well, for its turn is rather comic; and I am now breaking my heart over the Hecuba.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1760 and 31 Jan 1760

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Lambeth

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:

Catherine Talbot

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 May 1721

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Euripides

Title:

Medea

Genre:

Classics, Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Italian translation

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28216

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

313-314

Additional Comments:

n/a

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. 313-314, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28216, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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