| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 22 July 1844:
'I have been reading for the second time, that interesting memoir of Mrs Hemans by Mr
Chorley -- full of interest certainly. Still I stand by my position, that she was too
conventionally a [italics]lady[end italics], to be a great poetess [...] I took up Blanchard's
memoir of LEL just after Mr Chorley's book, & was struck by an undeniable vulgarity spreading
all the way through it, in obvious contrast to the refinement of the other work.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 1844 and 22 Jul 1844 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Samuel Laman Blanchard |
| Title: | Life and Literary Remains of L.E.L. |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1841 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17333 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 62 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17333, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
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