Record Number: 7056
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When the cigars came, Hoffmann was requested to read some of his poetry, and he gave us a bacchanalian poem with great spirit... little rain sent us into the house, and when we were seated in an elegant drawing room, opening into a large music salon, we had more reading from Hoffmann, and from the French artist who with a tremulous voice pitched in a minor key, read us some rather pretty sentimentalities of his own'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:10 Aug 1854
Country:Austria
Timen/a
Place:city: Weimar
specific address: Altenburg (home of Liszt)
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:22 Nov 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Austria
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, a French Artist, Herr Cornelius, Princess Marie, Princess Wittgenstein and her nephew, Liszt
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Title:[a bacchanalian poem]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown, own poem
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7056
Source:George Eliot
Editor:Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston
Title:The Journals of George Eliot
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:19
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
George Eliot, Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7056, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
