Evidence: | Mary Moulton-Barrett to her daughter Elizabeth Barrett, on receiving advance copies of the latter's first published volume of poetry the previous evening, 28 February 1826:
'Arabel, who had read the fugitive pieces and some of the Essay to the listening circle [in drawing room], told me she thought the former beautiful, but that she did not understand a word of the former [sic] [...] & Henry who was indulging in turning "[italics]clean[end italics]" over head & heels, after his intellectual treat, declared he thought "every word of it, was very nice indeed." After these learned critics had betaken themselves to bed, Papa & I, each with a precious little vol: in our hands, drew close to the fire, and conned over every word [goes on to discuss reponses to individual pieces in detail]'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 27 Feb 1826 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Herefordshire specific address: Hope End |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Edward and Mary Moulton-Barrett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | various |
Religion: | Evangelical |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Title: | An Essay on Mind with Other Poems |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Advance copy, 1826 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 15993 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 235-236 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 235-236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15993, accessed: 29 April 2024 |
Source editors note that Mary Moulton-Barrett used word 'former' twice by mistake, the first being 'the one probably intended as such, because at that spot she first wrote "latter," then crossed it out' (see p.238 n.4). |
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