| Evidence: | 'W[ordsworth] was introduced to The Minstrel by his teacher, Thomas Bowman ... during his schooldays at Hawkshead. De Selincourt emphasizes its influence on the juvenilia [quotes Minstrel I st.32 lines 3-8 featuring "clanking chain," and "owl's terrific song," and Wordsworth's uses of these features in The Vale of Esthwaite (1787)]'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1770 and 1787 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Wordsworth |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 07 Apr 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | James Beattie |
| Title: | Minstrel, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published 1779 |
| Provenance: | read in situ READ AT SCHOOL |
| Record ID: | 850 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 | |
| Place of Publication: | n/a | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 11 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (1993), p. 11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=850, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Information from entry 21 (ii) in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791. |
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