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Record Number: 15998


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Uvedale Price to Elizabeth Barrett, 17 November 1826, in response to her written comments on his Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages: 'I have read your paper with more attention than I could give it in a hasty reading [goes on to engage with particular points raised by Barrett in detail]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1826 and 17 Nov 1826

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Uvedale Price

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1747

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

comments on Uvedale Price, An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages

Genre:

Classics, Essays / Criticism, Languages

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

15998

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

263

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 263, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15998, accessed: 25 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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