Record Number: 1347

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mary Moorman, "Wordsworth's Commonplace Book," Notes & Queries NS 4 (1957) 400-5, reports that the commonplace book used by Wordsworth after 1800 contains "four verses from a ballad ['The Cruel Mother'] in Herd's Ancient and Modern Scottish Poems (1776) ... "'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

David Herd

Title:

Ancient and Modern Scottish Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

First published in 2 vols, Edinburgh, 1776

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1347

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

74

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1347, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 130 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.