Record Number: 33992

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr father could not have written the Ancient Mariner at sixty, yet who will say that his genius declined? The Genius was there as mighty as ever, but the frame could no longer endure to set it a going'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

Between 19 Sep 1796 and 18 Jan 1836

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Title:

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33992

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:

187

Additional Comments:

Letter written to 'Mother and Sister' (Sarah and Sara Coleridge), but addressed to Mrs Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at No. 27 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, from Grasmere, dated ‘Jan. 18, 1836. Raining Cats and Dogs’.

Citation:

Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33992, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None