Record Number: 17656
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Robert Browning, 17 October 1847: 'It is now two or three months ago that I met, at the British Museum, with a Poem published in 1833, entitled "Pauline, a Fragment of a Confession," which elicited my warm admiration, and which, having failed in an attempt to procure a copy at the publisher's, I have since transcribed. It seems to me, in reading this beautiful composition, that it presents a noticeable analogy in style and feeling to your first acknowledged work, "Paracelsus": so much so indeed as to induce a suspicion that it might actually be written by yourself [goes on, very formally, to ask whether this is the case].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1847 and 17 Oct 1847
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: British Museum
(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:Male
Date of Birth:12 May 1828
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Art student
Religion:unknown
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:Pauline, a Fragment of a Confession
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished anonymously in 1833
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:17656
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:14
Page:318
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 318, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17656, accessed: 01 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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