Record Number: 16655

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'copy for S. - he reads to me the tale of a Tub'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Mar 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Pisa

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

Mary Shelley

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ben Jonson

Title:

Tale of a Tub

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16655

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

356

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 356, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16655, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Editors think this is more likely than Swift's satire, as Shelley had just read another Jonson play aloud.