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Record Number: 2088


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 23 November 1813: "Redde the Ruminator - a collection of Essays, by a strange, but able, old man (Sir E[gerton] B[rydges], and a half-wild young one, author of a Poem on the Highlands, called Childe Alarique. The word 'sensibility' (always my aversion) occurs a thousand times in these Essays ... This young man can know nothing of life ... "

Century:

Date:

Between Nov 1813 and Nov 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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 Gordon Lord Byron

Age:

n/a

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Sir Egerton Brydges

Title:

The Ruminator: containing a series of moral, critical and sentimental Essays

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1813

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2088

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

3

Page:

217

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1974), 3, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2088, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Co-author of the text being read was Robert Pearse Gillies.

   
   
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