| Evidence: | [Maud Montgomery] 'wrote her first poem after reading "Seasons", a book of poems by James Thomson, written in blank verse. Maud was so enraptured by them that she had to sit down at once to write one of her own.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1883 and 1888 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Canada | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cavendish county: Prince Edward Island |
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| Reader: | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 30 Nov 1874 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later teacher and writer |
| Religion: | Christian, Protestant |
| Country of origin: | Canada |
| Country of experience: | Canada |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | James Thomson |
| Title: | Seasons, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6299 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Janet Lunn | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Maud's House of Dreams. The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery | |
| Place of Publication: | Toronto | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 44 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Janet Lunn, Maud's House of Dreams. The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery (Toronto, 2002), p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6299, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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