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Record Number: 19466


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think Drayton's Verses have a peculiar propriety in such work; his Subject being the same and his Poetry now becoming antient.' [Crabbe is alluding to his writing of introductory verses for a 'Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir', a collaboration with John Nichols]

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 21 Jan 1791

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Muston

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Dec 1754

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman and poet

Religion:

Christian

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:

Michael Drayton

Title:

Polyolbion

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19466

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

44

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19466, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to John Nichols.

   
   
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