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Record Number: 21913


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was pleased to see your quotation from Clough. I used it myself in an approximate form, and with doubtful attribution to C., in another article ..'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1880 and 30 Sep 1880

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Strathpeffer

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:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arthur Hugh Clough

Title:

Amours de Voyage

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21913

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford Booth

Title:

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

3

Page:

100

Additional Comments:

additional editor Ernest Mehew.Letter to James Cunningham.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 3, p. 100, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21913, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Footnote Booth/Mehew p 100 says that the quotation to which RLS refers is about everything lying in juxtaposition, a thought expressed several times in Amours de Voyage.

   
   
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