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Record 164

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"Bought the John Bull Magazine out of curiosity to see if I was among the black sheep it grows in dulness thats one comfort to those that it nicknames 'Humbugs' [.]"
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 18 Sep 1824
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: 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 Jul 1793
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: poet/ natural history author
Religion: C of E/ Methodist
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:
Title: John Bull Magazine
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: published 1824
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 164  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Clare
  Editor: Margaret Grainger
  Title: The Natural History Prose Writings
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 178-179
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings (Oxford, 1983), p. 178-179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=164, accessed: 25 April 2024

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