Record Number: 1220
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Wordsworth to Walter Scott: 'In passing through Penrith I had an opportunity of seeing his [Francis Jeffrey's] last Review [of Wordsworth's Poems on Two Volumes, in the Edinburgh Review]. I had before skimmed over, some time ago, what he had written in the article on [Southey's] Thalaba [in Oct. 1802] ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1802 and 30 Dec 1807
Country:England
Timen/a
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: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
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Edinburgh Review
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsOct. 1802; Oct. 1807.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1220
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:191
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811, (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 191, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1220, accessed: 13 September 2024
Additional Comments:
From William Wordsworth to Walter Scott, 18 January 1808; see also Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 28 December 1807 (p.185), which mentions Mary Wordsworth as having also seen the October 1807 Edinburgh Review at Penrith.
