Record Number: 3670
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter H. 28 - 23/12/1855 - "You have Carey's Dante I suppose - else Matilda's quotation from the Psalms might be useless to you. Carey is on the whole the best - and very beautiful. Cayley is sometimes closer to the original."
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
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:Writer and art critic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsTranslations by H.F. Cary and C.B. Cayley
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3670
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:180
Additional Comments:
From the editor's footnote: "The Rev. H.F. Cary (1772-1844) and C.B. Cayley (1823-83) were both translators of Dante." From a letter to Ellen Heaton (23/12/1855).
Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton., (London, 1972), p. 180, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3670, accessed: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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