Record Number: 16230
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 'Thursday Morng.', October 1829: 'You will think me very idle when I tell you that the Apologetis is not finished yet. But the Oration on Eutropius [italics]is[end italics]; I have read it twice, -- & I have besides, been reading a little of Longinus's treatise every day, of which I had previously read only own or two chapters [...] the brilliancy of his imaginative powers dazzles you so much, as almost to prevent your perceiving the roughness & cragginess [...] As to the Oration on Eutropius, it has of course delighted me extremely [...] But it has [...] weakness occasioned not merely by [italics]repetition[end italics], but by a super-abundance of supererogatory epithets.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1829 and 31 Oct 1829
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:De Sublimitate
Genre:Classics, Drama, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:16230
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:2
Page:217-218
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 217-218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16230, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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