| Evidence: | 'For John Clare [Robinson Crusoe] was "the first book of any merit I got hold of after I could read", and it set in motion an early ferment: "New ideas from the perusal of this book was now up in arms, new Crusoes and new islands of solitude was continually muttered over in my journeys to and from school".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Clare |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Jul 1793 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | later poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| Title: | Robinson Crusoe |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2154 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 108 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 108, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2154, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| See John Clare 'Autobiographical Writings'. p.13 |
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