| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 20 December 1845:
'Mrs. Sigourney has just sent me, .. just this morning .. her "Scenes in my native land" -- &, peeping between the uncut leaves, I read of the poet Hillhouse, of "sublime spirit & Miltonic energy," standing in "the temple of Fame" as if it were built on purpose for him! -- I supppose he is like most of the American poets .. who are shadows of the true .. as flat as a shadow, as colourless as a shadow, as lifeless & as transitory.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 18 Dec 1845 and 20 Dec 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: | n/a |
| 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: | Lydia Sigourney |
| Title: | Scenes in my Native Land |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London and Boston, 1845 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19531 | |
| 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: | 251 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19531, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
| Sigourney's comments on James Abraham Hillhouse appear at p.262 in text, in essay entitled "Moonlight at Sachem's Wood, New Haven, Connecticut' (see p.253 n.5 in source). |
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