Record Number: 33955
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘... The ancient fables attributed to Aesop, Phaedrus, Pilpay, Avienus etc., are emblems or...allegories rather than Fables, most probably suggested by the Zoographic Hieroglyhics of Aegypt. The Lion, the Fox, the Ass, etc., are mere pictures of abstract qualities, as power, craft, stupidity. ...’
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 19 Sep 1796 and 16 May 1835
Country:England
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:19 Sep 1796
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet, essayist, teacher, biographer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fables
Genre:Classics, Poetry, Children's Lit, Conduct books
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33955
Source:Hartley Coleridge
Editor:Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs
Title:Letters of Hartley Coleridge
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:173
Additional Comments:
Letter addressed to Hartley's mother, Sarah Coleridge, at No. 1 Downshire Place, Hampstead, London, from Grasmere, dated May 16, 1835.
Citation:
Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 173, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33955, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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