| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844:
'Think of the Westminster Review [...] commending me for "moral courage" on account of the
sonnets to Madame Dudevant [George Sand] -- for daring to say what I do, "in the face of
opinion." I was half afraid while Papa was reading the passage. I observed that he made a
little impatient movement -- & I am sure he thought it equivocal praise for a woman, to have
moral courage against opinion.! "That's capital" he said -- just in the tone of .. "That's very
impertinent." But the Westminster Review is so gracious, & says so many kind things of me &
my poetry, that the emotion was swept away like a cobweb, -- and he forgot to ask me any
searching questions. Dearest Papa!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1844 and 30 Nov 1844 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Moulton-Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 May 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Estate owner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Jamaica |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 17392 | |
| 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: | 251-252 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 251-252, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17392, accessed: 28 April 2024 | |
| Text read reproduced at pages 374-378 of source. |
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