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Record Number: 3670


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter H. 28 - 23/12/1855 - "You have Carey's Dante I suppose - else Matilda's quotation from the Psalms might be useless to you. Carey is on the whole the best - and very beautiful. Cayley is sometimes closer to the original."

Century:

1800-1849, 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:

Dante Alighieri

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Translations by H.F. Cary and C.B. Cayley

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3670

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:

180

Additional Comments:

From the editor's footnote: "The Rev. H.F. Cary (1772-1844) and C.B. Cayley (1823-83) were both translators of Dante." From a letter to Ellen Heaton (23/12/1855).

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. 180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3670, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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