Record Number: 8864

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shelley is very unwell - he reads one canto of Queen Mab to me.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

6 Oct 1814

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: 5 Church Terrace, St. Pancras

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Author / Poet

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Godwin (Shelley)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Title:

Queen Mab: a philosophical poem with notes

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown, owned by author

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8864

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

1

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, (London, 1995), 1, p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8864, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None