Record Number: 11191
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lookd into Miltons "Paradise Lost" I once read it thro when I was a boy at the time I liked the "Death of Abel" better [...] I cannot help smiling at my young fancys in those days of happy ignorance'
Century:1800-1849
Date:22 Nov 1824
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: at home
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:14 Jul 1793
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:poet/natural history author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Paradise Lost
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11191
Source:John Clare
Editor:Margaret Grainger
Title:The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:206
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare, (Oxford, 1983), p. 206, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11191, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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