Record Number: 1703

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[In Germany] C[oleridge] read [Frederika] Brun's Chamouny beym Sonnenaufgange, which provided the inspiration for his Hymn Before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Germany

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:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Oct 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frederika Brun

Title:

Chamouny beym Sonnenaufgange

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1703

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

33

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1703, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

From entry 64 in Wu (1995).