Record Number: 16355

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 14 September 1834: 'Have you seen a poetical translation of Klopstock's messiah, the performance of a lady residing close to Honiton. I have read and been much pleased with it [goes on to comment upon specific passages].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1834 and 14 Sep 1834

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sidmouth

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gottlieb Friedrich Klopstock

Title:

The Messiah

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In English translation by Catherine Head (1826)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16355

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

100

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 100, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16355, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None