| Evidence: | 'In compliance with frequent entreaties I took the MSS [of The White Doe of Rylstone] to [Charles] Lamb's to read it, or part of it, one evening. There unluckily I found [William] Hazlitt and his Beloved [Sarah Stoddart] ... though I had the Poem in my hand I ... absolutely refused, to read it. But as they were very earnest in entreating me, I at last consented to read one Book ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1808 and 19 Apr 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| 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) |
Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, Sarah Stoddart |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Wordsworth |
| Title: | White Doe of Rylstone, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1223 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 221 | |
| Additional comments: | From William Wordsworth to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 19 April 1808. |
| 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. 221, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1223, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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