Record Number: 997
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"[in 29.10.1828 letter to Alexander Dyce] ... W[ordsworth] recalls that 'in 1788 the Ode was first printed from Dr Carlyle's copy, with Mr Mackenzie's supplemental lines - and was extensively circulated through the English newspapers, in which I remember to have read it with great pleasure upon its first appearance.'"
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1788 and 31 Dec 1788
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1788
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:997
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:34
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=997, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 58 (iii) of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, where it is also noted that this Ode appeared in newspapers including the European Magazine 13 (1788), the Gazeteer, 4 April 1788, and the London Chronicle, 1-3 and 3-5 April 1788.
