Evidence: | Have you read 'Zanoni'? And do you relish the gathering up of dropped (or strewed) Platonisms, & forming them into such a crown of glory, - of holy radiance, as the moral of that book? Nothing wd. beforehand have persuaded me that such an allegory as that wd. be given us in our day, - though I had caught glimpses in Bulwer's mind of higher powers & better thoughts than he had been used to give out. But this book is such a spring above all his former efforts - such a soaring - as has surprised me: - & others, to judge by the pertinacity of some people in declaring that he cd. not have meant the allegory we hold between our hands; - a thing they might as well say of the maker of a clock, or a county map. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 5 Sep 1843 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Unitarian |
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: | Edward Bulwer Lytton |
Title: | Zanoni |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 2272 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Title: | Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843 | |
Location: | Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford. | |
Call no: | MS Whitfield C13 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843 Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford., p. MS Whitfield C13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2272, accessed: 28 November 2023 |
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