| Evidence: | 'Read some of the Odes of Collins think them superior to Grays [...] I cannot describe the pleasure I feel in reading them [...] I find in the same Vol Odes by a poet of the name of Oglivie [...] they appear to me to be bold intruders to claim company with Gray and Collins'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Sep 1824 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | location in dwelling: home | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Clare |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Jul 1793 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | poet/ natural history author |
| Religion: | C of E/ Methodist |
| 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: | John Ogilvie |
| Title: | 'Odes' [Appears to be a volume of Odes by various authors] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 181 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Clare Clare | |
| Editor: | Margaret Grainger | |
| Title: | The Natural History Prose Writings | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 181 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Clare Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings (Oxford, 1983), p. 181, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=181, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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