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Record Number: 5592


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading Wordsworth with one of the younger classes but it is difficult to explain to people of purely Indian associations Wordsworth's love for nature.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1886 and 31 Oct 1886

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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sir Walter Raleigh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

5 Sep 1861

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

students


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5592

Source:

Print

Author:

Sir Walter Raleigh

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879-1922

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1926

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir Walter Raleigh, The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879-1922 (London, 1926), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5592, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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