Record Number: 1410
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, 1 August 1809: '... I took the pains when I was in Kendal of going to the Book Club to look at the Reviews ... have you seen the Edinburgh Review on Cam[p]bell's Poem [Gertrude of Wyoming]? I know not whether the Extracts brought forward in illustration of the encomiums or the encomiums themselves are more absurd ... The Review of Miss Hannah More's work [Coelebs in Search of a Wife] is equally as foolish, though in a different way ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between Apr 1809 and Aug 1809
Country:England
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Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1771
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Edinburgh Review
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsApril 1809
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1410
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811)
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:365
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811), (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 365, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1410, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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