Record Number: 16644

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think the public taste is not in any danger of relapsing into Arcadian pastorals, but I suspect these Caledonian pastorals to be almost as ideal. Crabbe, with his occasional coarseness and propensity to dwell upong hte disgusting "where there is no need of such vanity," is almost the only one who has dared to be correct, and he has given us some beautiful specimens of "lights" as well as "shadows."...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 23 Mar 1824

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Eleanor Anne Porden

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Jul 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

author

Religion:

Church of England

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:

George Crabbe

Title:

[poems]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16644

Source:

Print

Author:

A.G. L'Estrange

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1882

Vol:

1

Page:

149

Additional Comments:

Letter from E.A. Porden to Miss Mitford, Devonshire St, March 23, 1824

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 149, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16644, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None