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Record 27839

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I was correcting a proof sheet of my volume [of poetry], when the servant abruptly announced Mr. Fitzgerald! [...] The next subject of praise [following Fitzgerald's compliments on Robinson's baby daughter] was my poetry [...] Mr. Fitzgerald took up the proof sheet and read one of the pastorals.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: London
   
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 Robert Fitzgerald
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1748
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Robinson
Title: 'pastoral [poem]'
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Unknown, In publisher's proofs
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27839  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: M. J. Levy
  Title: Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1994
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 77
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson (London, 1994), p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27839, accessed: 24 April 2024

Additional comments:

Fitzgerald a friend of Robinson's husband, also her admirer.

 

 

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