Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 16 January 1830:
'Today I finished Longinus's treatise, & Euripedes's Rhesus. I read them [italics]regularly[end
italics] thro', which would have been incredible & impossible, if I had not known you. [goes on
briefly to comment on texts].' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 16 Jan 1830 | ||||||||||
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: | Euripides |
Title: | Rhesus |
Genre: | Classics, Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16238 | |
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: | 232 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16238, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Source eds note that Rhesus 'now almost universally recognized as spurious' (see p.233 n.8). |
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