Record Number: 17094
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 January 1843: 'Did I tell you that I have been reading through an M.S. translation of the Gorgias of Plato, by a Mr Hyman of Oxford, who is a step-son of Mr Haydon's the artist? It is an excellent translation with learned notes -- but it is [italics]not elegant[end italics]. He means to try the public upon it -- but as I have intimated to him, the Christians of the present day are not civilized enough for Plato.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1842 and 5 Jan 1843
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:Gorgias
Genre:Classics, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsIn translation by Orlando Bridgeman Hyman
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17094
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:6
Page:268
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 268, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17094, accessed: 09 May 2025
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