| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 26-27 September 1828:
'On opening your book to look for Joan of Arc, I came upon your translation of the beautiful episode in the Georgics [i.e. "The Death of Orpheus and Eurydice"] [...] Did I not once tell you how much I admired this translation? I believe I did -- but I must say it over again.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1828 and 28 Sep 1828 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| 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: | Hugh Stuart Boyd |
| Title: | Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile |
| Genre: | Other religious, Classics, Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Biography, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1825 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16213 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 168 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 168, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16213, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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