Record Number: 16352
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 31 December 1832: 'I have had my hands & head full of a book called the Greek Theatre, composed in part of extracts, & edited by a Cambridge Student [...] In the body of the work, are extracts from Schlegel: so full of poetical & classical enthusiasm, that I should like to know something of the [italics]German[end italics] Schlegel!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1832 and 31 Dec 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Sidmouth
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:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
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: Title:Uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur (extracts)
Genre:Classics, Drama, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn translation, in The Theatre of the Greeks (2nd edition. Ed. James Tate, 1827)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16352
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:3
Page:70
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16352, accessed: 19 February 2025
Additional Comments:
See p.72 n.11 in source for details of text/edition read.