Evidence: | '[William] Godwin, no mean judge of a novel's excellence, could not help lamenting the fewness
of [Elizabeth Inchbald's] productions. On reading the MS. of "Nature and Art," he wrote to her:
"It seems to me that the drama puts shackles upon you, and that the compression it requires
prevents your genius from expanding itself."' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1790 and 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Godwin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1756 |
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: | Elizabeth Inchbald |
Title: | Nature and Art |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27964 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Julia Kavanagh | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1863 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 19 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 2, p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27964, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Inchbald was also an actress and dramatist. |
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