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Record Number: 9657


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shelley reads the Fairy Queen aloud'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

29 Nov 1814

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
specific address: Skinner St

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Godwin and Jane (Claire) Clairmont


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edmund Spenser

Title:

Fairie Queene, The

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9657

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

1

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), 1, p. 48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9657, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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