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Record Number: 1772


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'C[oleridge] read Gifford's introduction and Ferriar's essay on Massinger in Dec. 1808-09.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1808 and 31 Dec 1809

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Wiliam Gifford

Title:

Introduction to The Plays of Philip Massinger

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

In The Plays of Philip Massinger, 4 vols, 1805

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1772

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:

144

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 144, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1772, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 275 (i) of Wu (1995).

   
   
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