Record Number: 19446
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Barrett, 12 April 1845: 'I have been detained from writing to you by reading the Athenaeum of today.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:12 Apr 1845
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Birmingham
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:Female
Date of Birth:1802
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Athenaeum
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Science, Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details12 April 1845
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19446
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:10
Page:155
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 155, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19446, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter discusses articles in periodical relating to controversy over Martineau's reputed cure by mesmerism; see p.157 n.2 in source.