Record Number: 17190

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Katherine Cockell to Elizabeth Barrett, 30 June 1843: 'I could not put Orion out of my hands for my needful food, -- nor out of my head for my more needful sleep. I was wholly possessed, rapt away into some new sphere never before dreamt of, & all this, (& much more than all this) tho' I have no classical enthusiasm (of course not!) real or affected; & tho' I have a particular antipathy to Giants.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1843 and 30 Jun 1843

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Devonshire

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:

Katherine Cockell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

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:

Richard Hengist Horne

Title:

Orion

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

June 1843

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17190

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

7

Page:

216

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 216, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17190, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Reader an invalid befriended by Barrett during previous period of residence in Devonshire.