| Evidence: | 'Mary Moorman, "Wordsworth's Commonplace Book," Notes & Queries NS 4 (1957) 400-5, reports that the commonplace book used by Wordsworth after 1800 contains "four verses from a ballad ['The Cruel Mother'] in Herd's Ancient and Modern Scottish Poems (1776) ... "' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
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| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | David Herd |
| Title: | Ancient and Modern Scottish Poems |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookUnknown |
| Publication details: | First published in 2 vols, Edinburgh, 1776 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1347 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 74 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1347, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Noted in entry 130 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799. |
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