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Record 1864

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In early Oct. 1810 C[oleridge] wrote to W[ordsworth]: "I send the Brazil which has entertained & instructed me."'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Oct 1810 and 15 Oct 1810
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:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 21 Oct 1772
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Christian
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: Robert Southey
Title: History of Brazil
Genre: History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
Publication details: Wu notes is first vol.only of 1810 edn.
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1864  
Source - Print  
  Author: Duncan Wu
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1995
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 198
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1864, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Noted in entry 365 (ix) of Wu (1995); quotation from E. L. Griggs, ed., The Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (6 vols, 1956-71) 3: 296.

 

 

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