Record Number: 3866
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From the editor?s footnote to a letter sent in November 1856: ?In a letter to Miss Heaton, Rossetti was no less enthusiastic: ?No doubt you are revelling, as I am, in Aurora Leigh ? by far the greatest work of its author surely, and almost beyond anything for exhaustless poetic resource.? (Heaton collection: letters written to Ellen Heaton; sold in 1969; whereabouts unknown.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1856 and 1857
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:1828
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Artist and writer
Religion:Christian
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:Aurora Leigh
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1856 according to Virginia Surtees, editor of the text quoted. Reference books give 1857.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3866
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:195
Additional Comments:
Footnote to a letter written by John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton, which mentions Aurora Leigh.
Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton, (London, 1972), p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3866, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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