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Record Number: 5069


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

David Bleich, "Gender Interests in Reading and Language": "I first 'understood' Wordsworth when I heard his poetry read by his descendent, Jonathan Wordsworth, some years ago."

Century:

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Jonathan Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Included David Bleich


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

poetry

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5069

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Elizabeth A. and Patrocinio P. Flynn and Schweickart

Title:

Gender and Reading: Essays on Readers, Texts, and Contexts

Place of Publication:

Baltimore

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

251

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth A. and Patrocinio P. Flynn and Schweickart (ed.), Gender and Reading: Essays on Readers, Texts, and Contexts (Baltimore, 1992), p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5069, accessed: 19 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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