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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Now for yesterday. The proceedings were the 'exercises' of the P.B.K. society wh. = simply a gathering of old students of all ages. They begin by some distinguished pers...Leslie Stephen Richard Watson Gilder[poem]Unknown
1900-1945'I enjoyed the poem ? please send all the new ones ? I always carry ?madrigal? in my pocket!' Benjamin Britten Wulff Scherchen[poem]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'[Patrick McGill] read virtually nothing, not even the daily papers until, working on the rail line, he happened to pick up some poetry written on a page from an exercise...Patrick McGill anon[poem]Manuscript: Sheet, sheet from an exercise book
1800-1849'Dear Lord Byron? I must thank you for yr. Poem you have sent me I [this word is illegible] not say how good I think it is [?]'Lady Sarah Jersey George Gordon, Lord Byron[poem]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Monday 26 June 1933: 'The present moment. 7 o'clock on June 26th: [...] I after reading Henry 4 Pt one saying whats the use of writing; reading, imperfectly, a poem by Le...Virginia Woolf Leopardi[poem]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have received the foregoing little poem from a townsman of your's which I think so good I transmit it to you for insertion in the Juvenile Keepsake and hope you will o...James Hogg Mr Brooks[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'I was so sorry to see that Dr Wendell Holmes called England "The Lost Leader". - I went & read the poem to Meta, who did not know it; - & we did so grieve!'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Oliver Wendell Holmes[poem]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Your Lordship's poetry in my Praise I can never forget, and as it would be a Loss to the World if any Part of so justly an admired Author's Works shold be buried in Obli...Laetitia Pilkington Bishop Clayton[poem]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to John Scott, 25 February 1816, on own and contemporaries' endeavours to celebrate victory at Waterloo in verse: 'Southey is a Fellow labourer. I hav...William Wordsworth Robert Southey[Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo, The]Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her reading at home in the Isle of Wight, after leaving her Bath boarding school in 1830: 'I used to study by myself, for I knew that I was w...Elizabeth Sewell Walter Scott[poetry and novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'The consideration of the Life & work of Wm Morris was opened by the reading of a short account of the Life by Mrs Goadby in which his many activities were passed in revi...Miss Goadby William Morris[poetry and prose]Print: Book
1900-1945'Geo Meredith's Diana of the Crossways was the subject of the evening. H.M. Wallis read an essay on the work of Geo Meredith as a whole & also two pieces of his poetry. ...Members of the XII Book ClubGeorge Meredith[poetry and prose]Print: Book
1700-1799'Indeed if I had printed all the poetry that has been sent to me for that Purpose, since I came to this Kingdom, it would have proved as odd a Medley as any thing ever ye...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][poetry by various correspondents]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 July 1754:] 'I did say, and I really do think, that it is a pity so many fine performances, as you and I have seen written by ...Thomas Edwards [Poetry by women]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Chaucer's life & work were then described & illustrated by the following: A Paper on the Life & Times by Charles E. Stansfield : Chaucer's Poetry described by C. I. Evan...Charles Evans Geoffrey Chaucer[poetry, including the General Prologue]Print: Book
1800-1849'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost... to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Ch...Thomas Frost Samuel Taylor Coleridge[poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost... to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Ch...Thomas Frost Percy Bysshe Shelley[poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'indiscriminate reading brought... liberation to Chartist Robert Lowery. A prolonged illness gave him the opportunity to work through a bookseller's entire circulating li...Robert Lowery [poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'[Janet Hamilton] had a heavy literary diet as a child - history by Rollin and Plutarch, Ancient Universal History, Pitscottie's Chronicles of Scotland, as well as the Sp...Janet Hamilton Robert Burns[poetry]Print: Book
1800-1849'[Janet Hamilton] had a heavy literary diet as a child - history by Rollin and Plutarch, Ancient Universal History, Pitscottie's Chronicles of Scotland, as well as the Sp...Janet Hamilton Allan Ramsay[poetry]Print: Book


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