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Record Number: 340


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shaw's Monody' 'I who the tedious absence of a day /...' [transcribes poem from line 11]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 1 Apr 1812

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

B.A.T. Herbert

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Cuthbert Shaw

Title:

Monody to the Memory of a Young Lady Who Died in C

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

340

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

B.A.T. Herbert

Title:

Commonplace Book 'Book Belonging to my Darling Grandmother'

Location:

St Clair Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

45-49

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

B.A.T. Herbert, Commonplace Book 'Book Belonging to my Darling Grandmother', St Clair Collection, 45-49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=340, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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