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Record Number: 2776


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Hunt, 5 July 1823: 'I have seen the Blackwood [review of The Age of Bronze]: but I still think it a pity to prosecute.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1823 and 5 Jul 1823

Country:

unknown

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:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

review of Byron, The Age of Bronze

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, April 1823

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2776

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

Supplementary Volume

Page:

79

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1994), Supplementary Volume, p. 79, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2776, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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