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Record Number: 33934


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘D[erwent Coleridge] had sent me his sermon. It is very good.’

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1831 and 17 Feb 1832

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Grasmere
county: Cumbria

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:

Hartley Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Sep 1796

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet, essayist, teacher

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Derwent Coleridge

Title:

The Circumstances of the Present Times, Considered with a View to Religious Improvement. An Advent Sermon.

Genre:

Sermon, Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Education, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1831; publisher: Helleston

Provenance

owned
Sent to Hartley by his brother, Derwent Coleridge


Source Information:

Record ID:

33934

Source:

Print

Author:

Hartley Coleridge

Editor:

Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs

Title:

Letters of Hartley Coleridge

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

138

Additional Comments:

Letter addressed to Mrs Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at No. 10 New Square, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, dated February 17 [Postmark 1832.] The editors state in a footnote that this 'sermon' refers to ‘The Circumstances of the Present Times, considered with a view to religious improvement. An Advent Sermon. By Derwent Coleridge, 1831.’

Citation:

Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33934, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Mrs Samuel Taylor Coleridge is Sarah Coleridge, née Fricker.

   
   
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