Record Number: 16047

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In 1826 and early 1827, E[lizabeth] B[arrett] B[arrett] struggled with a long poem, "The Development of Genius" [...] She showed it to her father in early February 1827 and he ridiculed it [...] but [Uvedale] Price encouraged her. However, it was not published in her lifetime.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1826 and 15 Feb 1827

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Estate owner

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Jamaica

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Elizabeth Barrett

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

"The Development of Genius"

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16047

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

301

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 301, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16047, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Evidence taken from source editors' "Biographical Sketch" for Uvedale Price. See pp.358-60 in source for Elizabeth Barrett's 'Untitled Essay' (composed 4 February 1827), in which she describes the episode in detail (including father's mockingly reading work aloud).