Record Number: 2271

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to editor of a Venice newspaper, denying that Napoleon was the protagonist of (?) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III, [?April 1817]: 'Sir, In your Journal of 27th. March I perceive an article purporting to be translated from the literary Gazette of Jena, and referring to a recent publication of mine ...'

Century:

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1817 and 30 Apr 1817

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Venice

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:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[newspaper]

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperUnknown

Publication Details

Venice, 27 March 1817

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2271

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

5

Page:

201

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 5, p. 201, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2271, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None