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Record Number: 14504


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'S. reads Hist. de la philosophie Moderne. and Spencer aloud'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 7 Jun 1817 and 14 Jun 1817

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Marlow
specific address: Albion House

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann Gottlieb Buhle

Title:

Geschichte der neuern Philosophie

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

trans. A.-J. L. Jourdan as "Histoire de la Philosophie Moderne..."

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14504

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

173

Additional Comments:

Additional editor, Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14504, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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