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Record 9404

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Mary Berry, Journal, 9 March 1814: 'I dined with Madame de Stael; nobody but Campbell the poet, Rocca, and her own daughter [...] After dinner, Campbell read to us a discourse of his upon English poetry and upon some of the great poets. There are always signs of a poet critic and of genius in all he does, often encumbered by too ornate a style.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 9 Mar 1814
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Thomas Campbell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 27 Jul 1777
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Church of Scotland
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Mary Berry Germaine de Stael and daughter Rocca (de Stael's husband)
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Campbell
Title: discourse on English poetry and poets
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9404  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Lady Theresa Lewis
  Title: Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1865
  Vol: 3
  Page: 5-6
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 5-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9404, accessed: 29 March 2024

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