Record Number: 19576

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A Mr Gally Knight the Author of a Book of very fair Poetry, told me a Story which He thought would suit me [as the basuis of a poem]'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 31 Jul 1822

Country:

England

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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Gally Knight

Title:

Alashtar, an Arabian Tale [?]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

publ. 1817

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19576

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:

281

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 281, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19576, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to George Crabbe Junior. Knight also wrote Ilderim, a Syrian Tale (1816) and Phrosyne A Grecian Tale (1817) - either of these could have been intended.