Record Number: 1665
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Wordsworth to Hans Busk, 6 July 1819: 'Dear Sir, Your writings are not to be hurried over; this must plead my excuse for not having thanked you earlier for the "Vestriad"; which, though detained on the road, by a fault of some of Mr Longman's people ... reached me some time since ... I was particularly pleased with the descents into the submarine regions, and the infernal. These two Cantos I liked best ... The serious passages ... will excite a wish in many as they did in me, that you would favour the world with something in downright earnest ... I noticed in your Vestriad with particular pleasure, your flight in the Balloon.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jun 1819 and 6 Jul 1819
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Vestriad, The
Genre:Poetry, mock epic
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1819
Provenanceowned
sent by author from publisher
Source Information:
Record ID:1665
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:546-47
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two, (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 546-47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1665, accessed: 14 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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