Record Number: 11109
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I do not care for a First Folio ofShakespeare. I rather prefer the common editions of Rowe and Tonson, without notes, and with plates, which, being so execrably bad, serve as maps, or modest remembrancers, to the text; and without pretending to any supposable emulation with it, are so much better than the Shakespeare gallery engravings, which did. [...] Winter evenings-the world shut out-with less of ceremony the gentle Shakespeare. At such a season, the Tempest, or his own Winter's Tale- These two poets [Shakespeare and Milton] youcannot avoid reading aloud-to your-self or (as it chances) to some single person listening. More than one-and it degenerates into an audience.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timeevening: Winter Evenings
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:1775
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Essayist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
yes, names unknown
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Works of Mr William Shakespeare; in six volumes
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11109
Source:Charles Lamb
Editor:n/a
Title:Elia and the Last Essays of Elia
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:197-198
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charles Lamb, Elia and the Last Essays of Elia, (Oxford, 1987), p. 197-198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11109, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
