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Record Number: 832


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'W[ordsworth] received a copy [of the Annual Anthology] in Aug. [1799], and discussed it in his letter to [Joseph] Cottle of 2 Sept.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between Aug 1799 and 2 Sep 1799

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:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

07 Apr 1770

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:

Title:

Annual Anthology

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edited by Robert Southey, published by Joseph Cottle, 1799

Provenance

owned
Book sent to Wordsworth by Cottle following request in 27.7.1799 letter


Source Information:

Record ID:

832

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

5

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=832, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Information from entry 9 in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791; Wu notes Wordsworth's mentions of "The Killcrop" and "Verses to a Young Man" as favourites from among the volume's contents.

   
   
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