Evidence: | Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 19 December 1847:
'My dear Browning do you know the German transcendental writers at all -- especially
[italics]Fichte[end italics]? an enterprising American bookseller here has been translating all
his exoteric works i.e. all except his Formal System of Metaphysics -- the titles will show you
the nature of the Books[:] "The destination of Man" "The nature & vocation of the scholar"
"Characteristics of the present age" [...] I have been reading them with that engrossing, rapt,
concentrated attention which no book can command except one which speaks to the very soul
of the reader: formalized in Fichte's books I find what has long been hovering vaguely before
my own mind as truth: especially on Religion & Christianity. Do READ THEM -- they are not
costly[,] the price of the hitherto published is as follows Characteristics of the Present Age 7s
Vocation of the Scholar 2s The Destination of Man 3s 6d'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1845 and 31 Dec 1847 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Joseph Arnould |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Barrister |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | unknown |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Johann Gottlieb Fichte |
Title: | Characteristics of the Present Age |
Genre: | Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In English translation by William Smith, one of titles in 'The Catholic Series' appearing 1845-1849 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17660 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | 14 | |
Page: | 349 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 349, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17660, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Series in which text appeared published by John Chapman, not an American publisher, but an agent for American publishers (see p.351 n.8 in source). |
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