Record Number: 1381

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Thomas] Bowman [Wordsworth's schoolmaster] recalled that W[ordsworth] read [George Sandys, Relation of a Journey Begun 1610] in the Hawkshead Grammar School Library.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Hawkshead Grammar School
location in dwelling: Library

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:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

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:

George Sandys

Title:

Relation of a Journey Begun 1610. Foure Bookes. Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of AEgypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote Parts of Italy and Ilands Adjoyning

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

4 vols, 1679

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1381

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

121

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 121, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1381, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 218 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.