Record Number: 27460

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Transcribed in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710): Extracts from John Dryden's The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition (1682); notes from the 'Epistle to the Whigs' (A2r–A4r) and the poem itself.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1710 and 31 Dec 1710

Country:

n/a

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:

Edward Pordage

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Fellow of King's College. Cambridge

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Dryden

Title:

The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition

Genre:

Poetry, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1682

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27460

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Edward Pordage

Title:

Reading Notes

Location:

King's College, Cambridge

Call No:

MS 840.5

Page/Folio:

12-15

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Edward Pordage, Reading Notes, King's College, Cambridge, MS 840.5, 12-15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27460, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Page images from MS accessed at Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, where they appear by permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge.