| Evidence: | 'he does not like any poetry except Percy's Ancient ballads and Shelley's translation of Homer's Hymn to mercury and the Cyclops - but he likes romances any marvellous tales & is a great story teller'
[letter to Maria Gisborne; subject is Percy Shelley junior] |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 17 Jul 1834 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Percy Shelley |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1820 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Percy |
| Title: | Reliques of Ancient English Poetry |
| Genre: | Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16912 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Betty T. Bennett | |
| Title: | The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
| Place of Publication: | Baltimore / London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 209 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 209, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16912, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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