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Record 19854

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Letter from Jonathan Swift, Pilkington having sent him her verses on paper - printed in a London newspaper, attributed to another, and a poem for his birthday] 'I send you your Bit of News-paper with the Verses, than which I never saw better in their Kind; I have the same Opinion of those you were pleased to write upon me, as have also some particular Friends of Genius and Taste, to whom I ventured to communicate them, who universally agree with me.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 1 Jan 1734
Country: Ireland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Dublin
specific address: Deanery House
   
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:Jonathan Swift
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 30 Nov 1667
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: clergyman and writer
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: Ireland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Pilkington
Title: Sent with a Quill to Dr Swift
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
sent by L. Pilkington to Swift

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19854  
Source - Print  
  Author: Laetitia Pilkington
  Editor: A.C. Elias
  Title: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
  Place of Publication: Athens GA
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: I
  Page: 47
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19854, accessed: 23 April 2024

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