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Record Number: 5060


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We think he is mistaken in every respect. His work does not teach the human heart, but insults it...His precepts are conveyed in the cries of Bedlam; and the outrage of a wretched old maniac, long passed the years of appetite, perpetrated on the person of his miserable child, under motives that are inconsistent with reason, and circumstances impossible in fact, is presented to us as a mirror in which we may contemplate a portion, of least, of our common nature! How far this disposition to rake in the lazar-house of humanity for examples of human life and action, is consistent with a spirit of for the real faults and infirmities of human nature, on which Mr Shelly [sic] lays so much stress, we may discover in one of his own absurd allusions.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1820 and 1 Mar 1820

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:

John Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Oct 1784

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer, journalist, editor

Religion:

Presbyterian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Title:

The Cenci

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5060

Source:

Print

Author:

Josephine Bauer

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Anglistica The London Magazine

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

n/a

Page:

191-193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Josephine Bauer, Anglistica The London Magazine (Copenhagen, 1953), p. 191-193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5060, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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