Record Number: 1874

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'W[ordsworth] copied from ... [Thomas Wilkinson's MS "Tours of the British Mountains"] the passage which had inspired the Solitary Reaper [about a female reaper singing in Erse], alongside another related to The Excursion, into his Commonplace Book [Dove Cottage MS 26, ie "Wordsworth Commonplace Book"] ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1805 and 31 Dec 1807

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:

William Wordsworth

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Wilkinson

Title:

Tours to the British Mountains

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from author; in Wordsworth's possessioon November 1805-1807.

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1874

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:

242-3

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 242-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1874, accessed: 19 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 426 (iii) of Wu (1995).