Record Number: 19836
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Whether it was owing to her own Desire, or the Envy of those who survived her, I know not; but of her various and beautiful Writings, except one poem of her's in Mrs [italics] Barber [end italics]'s Works; Ii have never seen any published; 'tis true, as her turn was chiefly to philosophical or divine Subjects, they might not be agreeable to the present Taste; yet could her heavenly Muse descend from its sublime height to the easy epistolary Stile, and suit itself to my then gay Disposition' [Pilkington then reproduces two poems by Constantia Grierson]
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1721 and 31 Dec 1725
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1708
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Doctor's daughter
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Laetitia Pilkington
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
some owned, e.g verse epistles
Source Information:
Record ID:19836
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:18
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19836, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Pilkington was born 1708 or 1709. Grierson was a midwifery pupil of Mr Van Lewen, Laetitia's father.
