Record Number: 8617
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Joanna Baillie to Felicia Hemans, 11 May 1827: 'Yesterday your American volume from the Author was put into my hands, and dipping into it here & there without cutting the leaves, I see that it is full of Poetic beauty of the highest value, and that I have a rich feast abiding me'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 10 May 1827 and 11 May 1827
Country:unknown
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:Female
Date of Birth:11 Sep 1762
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:American edition comprising two collections of poetical works
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1827
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:8617
Source:n/a
Editor:Susan J. Wolfson
Title:Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials
Place of Publication:Princeton
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:543
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials, (Princeton, 2000), p. 543, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8617, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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