| Evidence: | William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'When your Letter arrived I was in the act of reading to Mrs W[ordsworth] your Exile, which pleased me more, I think, than anything that I have read of yours ... I was particularly charmed with the seventeenth stanza, first part ... which I shall often repeat to myself ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1814 and 31 Dec 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Rudal Mount, nr Ambleside, Cumbria | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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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) |
Mary Wordsworth (reader's wife) |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | R. P. Gillies |
| Title: | Exile, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In Childe Alarique, a poet's reverie with other poems (1813) |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1514 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 179 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1514, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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