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Record Number: 24069


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 2 July 1792: '...& now in plain sober prose I am much obliged to you for your ode which I like very much. but why will you translate? It is a servile employment & not worthy of you. You want a metre you say for your next. You know Parnells Fairy tale? but I am the worst person to apply to as all my odes are irregular except Ignorance which you have. Gray's Spring & drownd cat are pretty I think — but I am not regular myself & detest regularity.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

2 Jul 1792

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 Southey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Aug 1774

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

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:

Grosvenor Charles Bedford

Title:

Ode

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24069

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

"The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 17. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 17 April 2009.,

Citation:

"The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 17. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 17 April 2009., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24069, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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