Record Number: 12622
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read several elegies today, two of Shore the one on the death of his wife, the other on the loss of his child. His tale of woe is expressed in the most moving and natural fashion, and though you greatly admire the poet yet you must yield to the soft and sympathising composition of the widowed Husband and childless father. It is not so when you read Lord Littleton's complaint on his Lady's death, the poetry is beautiful but less natural, less moving. He boasts with his grief, and indulges himself some digressions which show his extended knowledge but are not natural, I think, to a mind wholly occupied with despair'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:24 Nov 1796
Country:Italy
Timedaytime
Place:city: Porto Ferrajo
county: Elba
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1780
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[probably] A Monody to the Memory of lady Lyttelton. Written in the Year 1747
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12622
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Editor:Anne Fremantle
Title:The Wynne Diaries
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1937
Vol:II
Page:134
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1937), II, p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12622, accessed: 18 July 2024
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