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Record Number: 1549


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

William Wordsworth to John Scott: "I have read your late Champions with much pleasure"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1816 and 30 Apr 1816

Country:

England

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Champion

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

1816

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1549

Source:

Print

Author:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Ernest De Selincourt

Title:

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

2

Page:

305

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years, (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 305, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1549, accessed: 08 September 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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