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Record Number: 5206


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... [Sir John] Suckling, coming across what he called 'an imperfect Copy' of [Shakespeare's The Rape of] Lucrece, decided to compose his own 'Supplement.'"

Century:

1500-1599, 1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Sir John Suckling

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

The Rape of Lucrece

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5206

Source:

Print

Author:

Stephen B. Dobranski

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

2005

Vol:

n/a

Page:

55

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen B. Dobranski, Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 2005), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5206, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Source refers to Sir John Suckling, "A Supplement of an Imperfect Copy of Verses of Mr. Will. Shakespears, by the Author," The Works of Sir John Suckling: The Non-Dramatic Works, ed. Thomas Clayton (Oxford, 1971) 16.

   
   
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