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Record Number: 17345


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 29 October 1844: 'There is an excellent refutation of Puseyism in the Edinburgh Review, .. by whom? -- and I have been reading besides the admirable paper by Macaulay in the same number.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1844 and 29 Oct 1844

Country:

England

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Title:

'Early Administrations of George the Third: The Earl of Chatham'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Edinburgh Review, October 1844 (pp.526-595)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17345

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

9

Page:

204

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 204, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17345, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Text identified by source eds.

   
   
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