Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 6 September 1845:
'I shd. have written long since to you, if but to thank you for Edgar Poe's ballad .. of which [...] [italics]two[end italics] copies were lying by me when yours came, .. one from some anonymous American, & one from the author himself [...] For the ballad [...] I do not exactly know how to make up my mind to a conclusion about it. There is a certain power in it, no doubt, -- but if the writer had been mad .. professedly mad you know .. I shd. have appreciated the power better. It is not the madness of [italics]passion[end italics], I think .. it is as of an intellect dis[t]raught. There is a ludicrousness which tickles me through & through the melancholy. The "Sir or Madam" for instance! -- how do you bear [italics]that[end italics]?' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Aug 1845 and 6 Sep 1845 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett 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: | Edgar Allan Poe |
Title: | 'The Raven' |
Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | 1845 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19518 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
Vol: | 11 | |
Page: | 64 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 64, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19518, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Source eds. note that copies of poem in Barrett's possession 'presumably [...] all from the newspaper publications of "The Raven"' (see p.65 n.2). |
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