Record Number: 25872
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was struck this morning, in comparing the poems of George Herbert with those of Henry Vaughan, by the perfect ease and power of the former, the labour and short falling of the latter'
Century:1800-1849
Date:20 Feb 1848
Country:England
Timen/a
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:8 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:art critic and social critic
Religion:Church of England (evangelical)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25872
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Joan Evans
Title:The diaries of John Ruskin
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1956
Vol:2
Page:365-6
Additional Comments:
continuous pagination through vols
Citation:
John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 2, p. 365-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25872, accessed: 13 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None