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Record 1217

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'We had read his [Thomas Clarkson's] book ... William [Wordsworth] I believe made a few remarks upon paper, but he had not time for much criticism, and in fact having only one perusal of the work he was too much interested.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1807 and 31 Dec 1807
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:William Wordsworth
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7 Apr 1770
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Church of England
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: Thomas Clarkson
Title: History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, The
Genre: History, Politics, slavery
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1217  
Source - Print  
  Author: William and Dorothy Wordsworth
  Editor: Ernest De Selincourt
  Title: The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1969
  Vol: 1
  Page: 161
  Additional comments: From Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 30 August [1807].

Citation: William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1217, accessed: 08 May 2024

Additional comments:

See also p. 152 n.3 on Clarkson's work, and the Wordsworths' reading of it in MS.

 

 

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