Record Number: 4076
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?Have you read Mat Arnold?s letters? Some, I see, are addressed to you? I can imagine old Carlyle taking himself to be a prophet, as indeed he was; but Mat Arnold, I should have thought, was too much of a critic even of himself to wear his robes so gravely.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 Nov 1832
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letters of Matthew Arnold: 1848-1888
Genre:Collected letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 2 vols. Edited by G. W. E. Russell (1895).
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4076
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:2
Page:449-50
Additional Comments:
Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (December 1895).
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904, (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 2, p. 449-50, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4076, accessed: 17 August 2024
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