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Record Number: 2635


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Thomas Moore, 2 August 1821: 'You may probably have seen all sorts of attacks upon me in some gazettes in England some months ago. I only saw them, by Murray's bounty, the other day.'

Century:

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1821 and 2 Aug 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ravenna

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

A. A. Watts

Title:

series of five articles alleging plagiarism in Byron's works

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

In The Literary Gazette, 24 Feb; 3, 10, 17, 31 March 1821.

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2635

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

8

Page:

165-66

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 165-66, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2635, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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