Record Number: 16913

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'he does not like any poetry except Percy's Ancient ballads and Shelley's translation of Homer's Hymn to mercury and the Cyclops - but he likes romances any marvellous tales & is a great story teller' [letter to Maria Gisborne; subject is Percy Shelley junior]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 17 Jul 1834

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:

Percy Shelley

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1820

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Title:

[translation of Homer's Hymn to Mercury and the Cyclops]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16913

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Betty T. Bennett

Title:

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Place of Publication:

Baltimore / London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

II

Page:

209

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 209, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16913, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None