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Record Number: 20067


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have had so many amorous Epistles, Odes, Songs, Anacreonticks, Saphics, Lyrics, and Pindaricks, in Praise of my Mind and Person too, sent to me since I came to [italics]Ireland [end italics]; that I believe some Gentlemen, tho' I cannot, have found me out to be a marvelous proper Womaan'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1748

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dublin

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:

Laetitia Pilkington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1708

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's wife, divorced; poet

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[poems sent by admirers]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

20067

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

303

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 303, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20067, accessed: 11 November 2024


Additional Comments:

Date of birth 1708 or 1709

   
   
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