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Record 2655

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), on reading 'reviews', 15 October 1821: ' ... the first I ever read was in 1806-07.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Dec 1807
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:George Gordon Lord Byron
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1788
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Poet
Religion: Agnostic
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: unknown
Title: [reviews]
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2655  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1979
  Vol: 9
  Page: 42
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1979), 9, p. 42, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2655, accessed: 28 March 2024

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