Record Number: 3865
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter H 49 (late November 1856) ?Mrs Brownings poem is the finest in the English language ? poem I mean ? (not drama) ? but it is a noble drama too ? ?
Century:1850-1899
Date:1856
Country:Probably Britain, but the reader did travel to Europe on extended tours
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Place:n/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:08 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 the reader did travel to Europe on extended tours
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aurora Leigh
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3865
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:194-5
Additional Comments:
From the editor?s footnote: ?Aurora Leigh had been recently published. In writing to Browning on Nov. 27th, Ruskin used nearly the same choice of words: ?I think Aurora Leigh the greatest poem in the English language? ? When lending his copy to a friend he wrote: ?I send Aurora at last. It is not marked ? no use marking ? unless one illuminated it ? line by line.?1 1(The Works of John Ruskin, Library Edition, ed. E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, 39 vols, George Allen, 1903-12, Volume 36, pp. 247-8)
Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton, (London, 1972), p. 194-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3865, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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