Record Number: 25217
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Robert Southey to John May, 2 November 1797: 'We have had a dreadful suicide here. the whole is in the Monthly Magazine.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:2 Nov 1797
Country:unknown
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:12 Aug 1774
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and lawyer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Monthly Magazine
Genre:Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsMonthly Magazine, 4 (October 1797), 321–323
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25217
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
"The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 267. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009.
Additional Information:
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Citation:
"The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 267. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25217, accessed: 21 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Source eds note: "Monthly Magazine, 4 (October 1797), 321–323, in which Joseph James (dates unknown) described his discovery of the body of a well-dressed, male stranger in the river at Seamill-dock, Bristol. James traced the dead man to his lodgings where he found a diary of his tormented state of mind written on the walls of his room. A second article, Monthly Magazine, 4 (Supplement 1797), 556–558, provided further information about the deceased’s identity."
