| Evidence: | 'Then again, I have nice books to read. The new French poets. Prudhomme is adorable − I shall have a lot of Sully Prudhomme to read when I come to you. Soulary better perhaps − better certainly, [italics]comme forme[end italics], but so unsympathetic when compared to Prudhomme in character and thought. Prudhomme is a [italics]good[end italics] man. Fancy! And a modern French poet! Wonders after that will never cease.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 13 Jan 1875 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: [17 Heriot Row] |
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Aspiring writer and intermittent law student |
| Religion: | Uncommitted. |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Rene-Francois-Armand Sully-Prudhomme |
| Title: | unknown poetry |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | See below under Additional Comments. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18160 | |
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| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 104 | |
| Additional comments: | From section headed Wednesday [13 January] in Letter 350, To Frances Sitwell, Monday [11 January 1875] [17 Heriot Row]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have been added by the editors. |
| Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18160, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| Rene-Francois-Armand Sully-Prudhomme (1839-1907) was one of the leading Parnassien poets. By 1875 his published works included the collections Stances et poemes, Les Epreuves and Les Solitudes. Josephine Soulary (1815-91) wrote often in sonnet form. His works available in 1875 include A travers champs (1837); Les Cinq cordes du luth (1838); Les Ephemeres (two series, 1846 and 1857); Sonnets humoristiques (1862). Josephine Soulary's work is also mentioned. |
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