Record Number: 1707
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"I well remember the acute sorrow with which, by my own fire-side, I first perused Dr. Currie's Narrative, and some of the letters, particularly of those composed in the latter part of the poet's life," W[ordsworth] wrote in the Letter to a Friend of Robert Burns (1816) ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1800 and 31 Dec 1800
Country:England
Timen/a
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Life of Burns
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin Works of Robert Burns, 4 vols, Liverpool, 1800
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1707
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:37
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1707, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
From entry 75 (i) in Wu (1995).