Record Number: 17017
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Robert Browning to Thomas Powell, c.October 1842: 'I am highly obliged to you [...] for the two volumes of verse now on my table. I have not as yet found time for the steady perusal I must give them -- but a glance at some of the smaller pieces has already convinced me of the injustice of your styling their appearance in print, an "infliction."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1842 and 31 Oct 1842
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:7 May 1812
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
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1842
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17017
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:6
Page:90
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17017, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Source eds note that Powell's Poems, and The Count de Foix, both advertised in The Gentleman's Magazine for October 1842 (see p.90 n.3).