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Record Number: 1393


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Francis] Wrangham was ... in the habit of reading MS verses to his friends: C[oleridge] heard his "Brutoniad" in Sept. 1794.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1794 and 30 Sep 1794

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:

Francis Wrangham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1769

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Wrangham

Title:

Brutoniad

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

1393

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:

154

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1393, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 270 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.

   
   
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