Record Number: 1768

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'C[oleridge] had read the Essay [on the Principle of Population] shortly after its first appearance in 1798.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1798 and 31 Dec 1798

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Oct 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Robert Malthus

Title:

Essay on the Principle of Population, An

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

1798

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1768

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

140-41

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 140-41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1768, accessed: 10 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 269 of Wu (1995).