| Evidence: | Henry James to Charles Eliot Norton, 28 November 1899 (in letter begun 24 November 1899): 'I gather [...] that you have read Mackail's Morris [...] I felt much moved, after reading the book, to try to write [...] something positively vivid about it; but we are in a moment of such excruciating vulgarity that nothing worth doing about anything or anyone seems to be wanted or welcomed anywhere.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1899 and 28 Nov 1899 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | J. W. Mackail |
| Title: | The Life of William Morris |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography, Crafts, Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1899 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7555 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry James | |
| Editor: | Leon Edel | |
| Title: | Henry James: Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 123 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 123, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7555, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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