Evidence: | 'At age thirteen John Clare was shown The Seasons by a Methodist weaver and though he had no real experience of poetry, he was immediately enthralled by Thomson's evocation of spring' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1806 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Clare |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 07 1793 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | later a poet |
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 Thomson |
Title: | The Seasons |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 932 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 30 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=932, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Shown book by a Methodist weaver who 'laughed' at his enthrallment. See Eric Robinson (ed) 'John Clare's Autobiographical Writings' (Oxford, 1983) p.9 |
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