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Record Number: 19602


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 October 1849: 'I saw the "Amba[r]valia" reviewed somewhere -- I fancy in the Spectator -- and was not much struck by the extracts. They may however have been selected without much discriminaton [...] I am very glad that you like the Gipsey Carrol in dear Mr Kenyon's volume, because it is, & was in M.S., a great favorite [sic] of mine.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Jan 1849 and 2 Oct 1849

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bagni di Lucca

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Burbidge and Arthur Hugh Clough

Title:

Ambarvalia (extracts)

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In review in The Spectator, 20 January 1849

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19602

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

16

Page:

12-13

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 12-13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19602, accessed: 19 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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