Record Number: 13644
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Quotes Milton throughout work:V.1 pp 25,75,90,101,169,190; V.2 pp118,206; V.3 p.87. Ex. Letter XI To Miss Reid, Glasgow, Fort William, May 17 1773 V.1 p.90 'If Fort Augustus be such a place, I will certainly become a votary of the ?Pensive nun, devout and pure,/ Sober, stedfast [sic], and demure? whom we used to admire so much. Expect to see me when we meet ?With sable stole of cypress lawn/ O?er my decent shoulders drawn."'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 Dec 1800
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1755
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Works]
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:13644
Source:Anne Grant
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1807
Vol:Vols 1-3
Page:Various
Additional Comments:
Works quoted include: Il Pensoroso; Paradise Lost; Comus
Citation:
Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), Vols 1-3, p. Various, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13644, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range given is birth to date of last letter with a Milton quotation.
