Record Number: 19465

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am desired by the Duchess of Rutland to Print a Discourse which I read at Belvoir-Chapel at the Funeral of the late Duke'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

25 Nov 1787

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Belvoir Castle
location in dwelling: chapel

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Dec 1754

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman and poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

funeral attendees

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Crabbe

Title:

[funeral address for Duke of Rutland]

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19465

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19465, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to James Dodsley, 17th Jan 1788