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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
 
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 26 June, 1797: '...the French never can have a good epic poem till they have republicanized their language; it appears to me a thing impossibl...Robert Southey Paul Jérémie BitaubèunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 26 June, 1797: '...the French never can have a good epic poem till they have republicanized their language; it appears to me a thing impossibl...Robert Southey Ossian [James Macpherson]PoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 26 June, 1797: 'Have you seen Madame Rolands Appel a l’impartiale Posteritè? it is one of those books that makes me love individuals & yet dre...Robert Southey Marie-Jeanne Roland de la PlatiereAppel a l’Impartiale Posteritè Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 11 July, 1797: 'I thank you for Chapelain. I read his poem with the hope of finding something & would gladly have reversed the sentence...Robert Southey Jean ChapelainLa Pucelle ou la France Délivrée Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 11 July, 1797: 'Cottle brought with him the new edition of Coleridges poems, they are dedicated to his brothe[MS torn] George, in one of the m...Robert Southey S.T. ColeridgePoems, by S. T. Coleridge, Second Edition. To Whic...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 19 July 1797: 'The old Lady Strathmore has some curious books. I hope to get from her library the Amadigi of Tassos father...Robert Southey Bernando TassoAmadis of GaulPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 19 July 1797: 'If you can get me any poetical information about the River of Amazons I shall be glad — but I must have no ...Robert Southey Isabel Godin des Odonais Lettre Contenant la Relation des Madame Godin (par...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 28 July 1797: 'Since you left me I have been reading the Saint Louis of Le Moyne: an epic poem in 18 books. Le Moyne had genius — but he ...Robert Southey Pierre Le Moyne Saint Louis Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 3 August 1797: 'I think you would derive more good from Epictetus than from studying yourself. there is a very proud indep...Robert Southey EpictetusEncheiridionPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have only seen the former parts of the Pursuits of Literature. the author appeared to me to have the mal...Robert Southey Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of Literature, or What You Will. A Sa...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have now gone thro Blackstone often & attentively, so repeatedly reperusing the more important parts, th...Robert Southey Sir William BlackstoneCommentaries on the Laws of England Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have got learnt much military knowledge from a history of Edward 3rd. by old Joshua Barnes, who, Bentley...Robert Southey Joshua BarnesThe History of That Most Victorious Monarch Edward...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 15 August 1797: 'I am fond of great part of the Stoical system, & there are few characters that I contemplate with more reverence than the sla...Robert Southey EpictetusEncheiridionPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 16 August 1797: 'Our Edwards were tolerable considering the day they lived in. I have never thought so highly as our histo...Robert Southey Edmund HowesThe Annales, or Generalle Chronicle of England, Be...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John May, 24 August 1797: 'Have you seen a poem addressed to me by Miss Anna Seward? if not I can much amuse you by it. she applies to my poetry what Mi...Robert Southey Anna Seward'Written by Anna Seward, After Reading Southey’s J...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 12 September 1797: 'Nothing disgusts me so much as the affectation of fine language. Godwins Enquirer is a sad example. i...Robert Southey William GodwinThe Enquirer. Reflections on Education, Manners an...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 12 September 1797: 'I doubted not that you would agree with me in thinking very highly of quaint old Quarles. you shall s...Robert Southey Francis QuarlesArgalus and Parthenia Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 12 September 1797: 'I much want the latter books of Amadis, subsequent to those which Tressan has abridged & prior to Ama...Robert Southey anonPalmerin of England Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 22 September 1797: 'I have been reading old Froissart. after Sir Walter Manny & about a dozen Knights with three hundred ...Robert Southey Jean FroissartLe Premier (-Quart) Volume De Messire Jehan Froiss...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 22 September 1797: 'Do you know Rousseaus Levite of Ephraim? if not — you will find a poem that has not a word too much....Robert Southey Jean Jacques RousseauLa Lévite d’Ephraim Print: Book


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