Record Number: 3869
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter H.96 (Beginning of June 1861) ?The Defence of Guenevere by Morris is published by Bell & Daldy.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1858 and 1861
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:08 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and art critic
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Defence of Guenevere
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLimited edition, published in 1858 by Bell & Daldy
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3869
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:231-2
Additional Comments:
From the editor?s footnote: ?Published in 1858 in a limited edition, it passed almost unnoticed in the press. Ruskin thought highly of the poems and considered them ?most noble ? very, very great indeed ? in their own peculiar way.??
Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton, (London, 1972), p. 231-2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3869, accessed: 10 February 2025
Additional Comments:
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