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Record 16482

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Reading list by Mary Shelley of Percy Shelley's reading in 1820. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so do not receive separate entries based on this list] 'Shelley - 1820 The new Testament Mullur's Universal History. Hobbes. Political Justice Locke Robertson's America and Hist. of Charles V Antient Metaphysics Gillies Greece Spanish Solis' History of Mexico. Several of the plays of Calderon Greek. Sophocles Plato's Republic - Pahedon - Phaedrus Euripides Greek Romances Appollonius Rhodius'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1820
Country: Italy
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:Percy Bysshe Shelley
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4 Aug 1792
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: poet
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: New Testament
Genre: Bible
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16482  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Paula R. Feldman
  Title: The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1987
  Vol: I
  Page: 345
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 345, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16482, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

 

 

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