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Record 11206

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Lookd into the two vols of Sermons from Lord R. the texts are well selected and the sermons are plainly and sensibly written they are in my mind much superior to Blairs popular sermons'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 31 Oct 1824
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: at 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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:John Clare
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 14 Jul 1793
Socio-economic group: Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation: poet/natural history author
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Anonymous
Title: Eighteen Sermons Intended to Establish
Genre: Sermon
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11206  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Clare
  Editor: Margaret Grainger
  Title: The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 197
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare (Oxford, 1983), p. 197, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11206, accessed: 28 March 2024

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