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Record Number: 5209


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"One of the copies [of Paradise Regain'd ... Samson Agonistes] I examined at the British Library, London (shelfmark C14a12) ... contains handwritten corrections of both the errata and Omissa."

Century:

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

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:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Regain'd/Samson Agonistes

Genre:

Other religious, Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5209

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:

208

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen B. Dobranski, Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 2005), p. 208, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5209, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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