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Record 2289

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 12 October 1817: 'In Coleridge's life I perceive an attack upon the then Committee of D[rury] L[ane] Theatre - for acting Bertram ... this is not very grateful nor graceful of the worthy auto-biographer [whom Byron had championed] ...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Oct 1817 and 12 Oct 1817
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Venice
   
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:George Gordon Lord Byron
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1788
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Agnostic
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: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Title: Biographia Literaria
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Philosophy
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1817
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2289  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1976
  Vol: 5
  Page: 267
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 5, p. 267, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2289, accessed: 20 April 2024

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