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Record 7190

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Gruppe read us a translation of one of the Homeric Hymns - Aphrodite - which is really beautiful. It is a sort of Gegenstuck to "Der Gott und die Bayadere". He has struck out 150 lines which he believes to be interpolated and the connection of the poem appears perfect'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 18 Dec 1854
Country: Germany
Time: evening: after dinner
Place: city: Berlin
   
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:[Professor] Gruppe
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: professor
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: Germany
Country of experience: Germany
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Homer
Title: [hymn to Aphrodite]
Genre: Classics, Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: trans by Gruppe
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7190  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Eliot
  Editor: Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston
  Title: The Journals of George Eliot
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 39
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Eliot, Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7190, accessed: 28 March 2024

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