Record Number: 1352
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'W[ordsworth] read Holcroft's play shortly after publication ... on 21 March 1796 [he] told [William] Mathews that "I have attempted to read Holcroft's Man of Ten Thousand, but such stuff! Demme hey, humph."'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Mar 1796 and 31 Mar 1796
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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: Title:Man of Ten Thousand, The
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: BookUnknown
Publication DetailsPublished February 1796
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1352
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:75
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1352, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 133 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.