Record Number: 16482

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Reading list by Mary Shelley of Percy Shelley's reading in 1820. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so do not receive separate entries based on this list] 'Shelley - 1820 The new Testament Mullur's Universal History. Hobbes. Political Justice Locke Robertson's America and Hist. of Charles V Antient Metaphysics Gillies Greece Spanish Solis' History of Mexico. Several of the plays of Calderon Greek. Sophocles Plato's Republic - Pahedon - Phaedrus Euripides Greek Romances Appollonius Rhodius'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1820

Country:

Italy

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:

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:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

New Testament

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16482

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:

345

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 345, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16482, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert