Record Number: 17081

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 9 December 1842: 'Do you really object to the re-iteration of [italics]Oriana[end italics] [in Tennyson's poem of that name]? Do you think it affected? To my mind, it is highly artistic, & [italics]effective[end italics] instead! It rang all day in my head when first I read it [...] You hear the Norland wind wail in it!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1842 and 9 Dec 1842

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Evangelical

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:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

'Oriana'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Tennyson's Poems (2 vols, 1842)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17081

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

210

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 210, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17081, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None