Evidence: | 'R[obert] B[rowning] wrote seven and a half pages of comments about E[lizabeth] B[arrett] B[arrett]'s revised translation [of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound], and ended with these remarks: "And so it is all magnificently rendered. The above attempts at notifcation are the merest stoppings for a moment where I did not know my old path thro' the text again [...] take my true praise and congratulations."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1845 and 7 Jun 1845 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Robert Browning |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 7 May 1812 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
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: | Aeschylus |
Title: | Prometheus Bound |
Genre: | Classics, Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | In translation by Elizabeth Barrett |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19514 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
Vol: | 10 | |
Page: | 255 n.2 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 255 n.2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19514, accessed: 10 June 2023 |
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