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Record 6533

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Henry James, in letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 January 1871, mentions "just having read in the Fortnightly for December two articles by your two friends F. Harrison and J. Morley, on Bismark and Byron respectively."
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 16 Jan 1871
Country: USA
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge, Massachusetts
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Henry James
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 15 Apr 1843
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: USA
Country of experience: USA
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: J. Morley
Title: article on Byron
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: In the Fortnightly [?Review], December 1870
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6533  
Source - Print  
  Author: Henry James
  Editor: Leon Edel
  Title: Henry James: Letters
  Place of Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Date of Publication: 1975
  Vol: 1
  Page: 253
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975), 1, p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6533, accessed: 18 April 2024

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