Evidence: | 'I think the public taste is not in any danger of relapsing into Arcadian pastorals, but I suspect these Caledonian pastorals to be almost as ideal. Crabbe, with his occasional coarseness and propensity to dwell upong hte disgusting "where there is no need of such vanity," is almost the only one who has dared to be correct, and he has given us some beautiful specimens of "lights" as well as "shadows."...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 23 Mar 1824 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Eleanor Anne Porden |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1795 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | author |
Religion: | Church of England |
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: | George Crabbe |
Title: | [poems] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16644 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | A.G. L'Estrange | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1882 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 149 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from E.A. Porden to Miss Mitford, Devonshire St, March 23, 1824 |
Citation: | A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16644, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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