| Evidence: | Queen Caroline's discovery of the poetry of Stephen Duck, as recorded by Joseph Spence in 'A Full and Authentick Account of Stephen Duck' (1731): '"the QUEEN [...] upon seeing his Pieces, and the Genius that appear'd through them [...] resolv'd immediately to take him out of his Obscurity, and the Difficulties he had labour'd under"' (p.14). |
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| Reader: | Queen Caroline |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Queen of England |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Stephen Duck |
| Title: | poems |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8206 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | David Vincent | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography (London, 1981), p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8206, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
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