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Record Number: 169


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Read the September No of the London Mag: only 2 good articles in it-'Blakesmore in H-shire' by Elia & review of 'Goethe' by De Quincey these are excellent and sufficient to make a bad No. interesting.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

11 Sep 1824

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

John Clare

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Jul 1793

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

poet/ natural history author

Religion:

C of E/ Methodist

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 London Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

The London Magazine for September 1824, conducted by Charles Lamb & Thomas De Quincey

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

169

Source:

Print

Author:

John Clare

Editor:

Margaret Grainger

Title:

The Natural History Prose Writings

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

177-178

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Clare, Margaret Grainger (ed.), The Natural History Prose Writings, (Oxford, 1983), p. 177-178, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=169, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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