Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, in entry for Thursday 3 June 1802, 'A very affecting letter came from M[ary]. H[utchinson]., while I was sitting in the window reading Milton's Penseroso to William.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1 Jun 1802 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Dove Cottage, Grasmere | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Dorothy Wordsworth |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 25 Dec 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
William Wordsworth |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Milton |
Title: | Il Penseroso |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 2984 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Helen Darbishire | |
Title: | Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1958 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 170 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (London, 1958), p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2984, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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