Record Number: 9048
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Theresa Lewis reproduces 1805 letter from Mary Berry (writing as Catherine Fanshawe) to Catherine Fanshawe, in response to poem written by Fanshawe as Berry, and lent to her in manuscript; having praised the piece and offered some specific criticisms, she closes with an injunction that Fanshawe 'show it sparingly to the few who may be worthy, and on no account distribute any copies without [her] [...] licence and authority'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1805 and 31 Dec 1805
Country:England
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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 Mar 1763
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
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:"Ode, by Mary Berry."
Genre:Poetry, Science
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
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Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:9048
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:2
Page:298-99; 299
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 298-99; 299, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9048, accessed: 17 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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