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Record 4106

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?The most extraordinary production of this period was the powerful and wicked romance of The Monk.?
Century:
Date: unknown
Country: Ireland
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Charles Maturin
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1782
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Curate
Religion: Christian (Church of England)
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: Matthew Gregory Lewis
Title: The Monk
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London, 1796
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4106  
Source - Print  
  Author: Charles Robert Maturin
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The British Review and London Critical Journal
  Place of Publication: n/a
  Date of Publication: 1818
  Vol: XI
  Page: 49-50
  Additional comments: Review on the publication of Harrington and Ormond by Maria Edgeworth.

Citation: Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal (1818), XI, p. 49-50, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4106, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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