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Record Number: 2274


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 2 April 1817: 'There have been two Articles in the Venice papers one a review of C. Lamb's "Glenarvon" ... the other a review of C[hilde] Har[ol]d in whiich it proclaims me the most rebellious and contumacious Admmirer of Buonaparte -- now surviving in Europe; -- both these Articles are translations from the literary Gazette of German Jena ... they are some weeks old ... I have conserved these papers as curiosities.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1817 and 2 Apr 1817

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Venice

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

reviews of Caroline Lamb, Glenarvon, and Byron, Childe Harold Canto III

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1817

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2274

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

5

Page:

204

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 5, p. 204, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2274, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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