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Record 17133

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1843: 'Mr Kenyon came to see me yesterday [...] and he brought & read to me a letter from Mr Wordsworth to Mr Crabbe Robinson speaking with great feeling of the release of the poor Laureate [i.e. the death of Robert Southey]'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 24 Mar 1843
Country: England
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:John Kenyon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1784
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Jamaica
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Elizabeth Barrett
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Wordsworth
Title: letter to Crabbe Robinson
Genre: Unknown, Letters
Form of Text: Manuscript: Letter
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17133  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1989
  Vol: 7
  Page: 23
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17133, accessed: 16 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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