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Record Number: 16221


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 16 May 1829: 'I had a very obliging letter from Mr Barker yesterday, to tell me that he had lent my poems to the Bishop of Limerick who was indulgent in his opinion of them, & intended to send me his sermons.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1829 and 16 May 1829

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Jebb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Bishop of Limerick

Religion:

Catholic [?]

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

16221

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

196

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16221, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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