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Record Number: 19116


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I felt rather lonely this Morning at breakfast so I went and unbox'd a Shakspeare - "There's my Comfort".

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Apr 1817

Country:

England

Time

morning: At breakfast

Place:

city: Southampton
county: Hampshire

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:

John Keats

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Oct 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Unknown

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:

William Shakespeare

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19116

Source:

Print

Author:

John Keats

Editor:

Robert Gittings

Title:

John Keats Selected Letters

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

5

Additional Comments:

Revised by Jon Mee. Quotation taken from a letter written by John Keats to his brothers George and Tom to inform them of his arrival in Southampton.

Citation:

John Keats, Robert Gittings (ed.), John Keats Selected Letters (New York, 2002), p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19116, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The Shakespearean quotation is identified in an editorial note as "The Tempest" II.ii.56.

   
   
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