Record Number: 3665
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter H 25, Late November 1855 - "-Fancy my endorsing the Athenaeum! Every word in that Athenaeum critique I agree with - for I am very stupid in making things out in poetry; and that Men & Women is to me simply a set of 50 Conundrums, of the most amazing and tormenting kind."
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:8 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and art critic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Athenaeum
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details17/11/1855, pp. 1327-8
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3665
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:177-8
Additional Comments:
From the editor's footnote: "Robert Browning's Men and Women had been published on 17/11/1855, and reviewed on the same day in the Athenaeum (pp. 1327-8).
Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton., (London, 1972), p. 177-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3665, accessed: 06 May 2024
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