Record Number: 33959

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘I hope Mr. Wordsworth feels some consolation in the complete victory of his poetic fame. He may at least feel assured, that no Great Poet ever lived to see his name of so full an age as Wordsworth has done. His last volume [Yarrow Revisited, and Other Poems] is exquisite.’

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1835 and 30 Sep 1835

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rydal
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

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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, biographer

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:

William Wordsworth

Title:

Yarrow Revisited, and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1835

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33959

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:

176

Additional Comments:

Letter addressed to Hartley's mother, Sarah Coleridge, at No 1. Downshire Place, Hampstead, London, dated ‘Saturday - I don’t know what’ [September 1835].

Citation:

Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 176, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33959, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also separate record where Hartley reads Yarrow Revisited at Rydal Mount.