| Evidence: | In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on pleasure at learning of his works' popularity in the USA: "The greatest pleasure I ever derived, of this kind, was from an extract, in Cooke the actor's life, from his journal, saying that in the reading-room of Albany, near Washington, he perused English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." |
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| Date: | Between 1809 and 1812 | ||||||||||
| Country: | USA | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Albany other location: reading room |
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| Reader: | George Frederick Cooke |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1756 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | USA |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Title: | English Bards and Scotch Reviewers |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1809 |
| Provenance: | read in situ in reading room |
| Record ID: | 2098 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
| Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
| Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 229-30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1974), 3, p. 229-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2098, accessed: 29 November 2023 | |
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