Record Number: 23368

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Povoleri the Italian who dedicated the Tragedy of Rosmunda to me some years ago, has translated Gray's Church Yard Elegy into Tuscan: tis enchantment to hear the Fellow read his own Language, he does it so divinely; & has indeed great Taste and Skill in ours'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 15 Oct 1781

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Giovanni Povoleri

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

tutor to the Thrales

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Italy

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Mrs Thrale

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Giovanni Povoleri

Title:

[translation of Gray's Elegy into Italian]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23368

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

514

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 514, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23368, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None