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Record Number: 3665


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter H 25, Late November 1855 - "-Fancy my endorsing the Athenaeum! Every word in that Athenaeum critique I agree with - for I am very stupid in making things out in poetry; and that Men & Women is to me simply a set of 50 Conundrums, of the most amazing and tormenting kind."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

John Ruskin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Feb 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer and art critic

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Athenaeum

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

17/11/1855, pp. 1327-8

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3665

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Virginia Surtees

Title:

Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

177-8

Additional Comments:

From the editor's footnote: "Robert Browning's Men and Women had been published on 17/11/1855, and reviewed on the same day in the Athenaeum (pp. 1327-8).

Citation:

John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton. (London, 1972), p. 177-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3665, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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