Record Number: 1346

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A 28-line transcription in Wordsworth's hand appears in the Alfoxden Notebook (Dove Cottage MS 14) of a quotation from Richard Payne Knight's The Progress of Civil Society.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Payne Knight

Title:

Progress of Civil Society, A Didactic Poem, The

Genre:

Poetry, Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

First published 1796

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1346

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

81-82

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 81-82, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1346, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 145 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.