Record Number: 183

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

till noon returnd & read snatches in several poets & the Song of Solomon thought the supposed illusions in that luscious poem to our saviour very overstrained....'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Sep 1824

Country:

England

Time

daytime: 'noon'

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

John Clare

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Jul 1793

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

poet/ natural history author

Religion:

C of E/ Methodist

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:

Title:

'the Song Solomon'

Genre:

Bible, Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

183

Source:

Print

Author:

John Clare

Editor:

Margaret Grainger

Title:

The Natural History Prose Writings

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

179

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings (Oxford, 1983), p. 179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=183, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None