| Evidence: | Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 12 November 1797: 'I know that our tastes differ much in poetry. & yet I think you must like these lines by Charles Lamb. I believe you know his history — & the dreadful death of his mother'. Southey then quotes several lines beginning: 'Thou shouldst have longer lived, & to the grave...'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 12 Nov 1797 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1774 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer and lawyer |
| 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: | Charles Lamb |
| Title: | 'Written Soon after the Preceding Poem’ |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | in Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd, Blank Verse (London, 1798), pp. 84–86 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25220 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 272. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009. , |
| Citation: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 272. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25220, accessed: 03 June 2023 |
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