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Record Number: 1856


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'C[oleridge] was a reader of ... [The Lady of the Lake]: he read Southey's copy in Sept. 1810 ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1810 and 31 Sep 1810

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:

Walter Scott

Title:

Lady of the Lake, The

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edinburgh, 1810

Provenance

borrowed (other)
belonged to Robert Southey


Source Information:

Record ID:

1856

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:

186

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 186, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1856, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 349 (ix) of Wu (1995).

   
   
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