Evidence: | "[William and Dorothy Wordsworth] probably read [the Decameron] together as he tutored her in Italian [1796] ... " This "consistent" with W[ordsworth]'s remark in Nov. 1805 to Walter Scott (followed by reference to Fourth "Day" of the Decameron): "'It is many years since I saw Boccae ...' Later in the letter W[ordsworth] quotes Boccacio from memory, showing that he knew the Decameron well." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1795 and 1796 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
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) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | William was using the book to tutor his sister in Italian |
Author: | Giovanni Boccaccio |
Title: | Il Decamerone |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 864 | |
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: | 16-17 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (1993), p. 16-17, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=864, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Information from entry 30 (ii) in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791. |
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