Record Number: 337

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Despondency---Burn' 'Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care...' [transcribes poem]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1813

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:

B.A.T. Herbert

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Robert Burns

Title:

Despondency

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

337

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

B.A.T. Herbert

Title:

Commonplace Book 'Book Belonging to my Darling Grandmother'

Location:

St Clair Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

B.A.T. Herbert, Commonplace Book 'Book Belonging to my Darling Grandmother', St Clair Collection, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=337, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None