Record Number: 1697
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Henry Crabb] Robinson recorded on 24 May 1812 that "I read Wordsworth some of Blake's poems; he was pleased with some of them, and considered Blake as having the elements of poetry a thousand times more than either Byron or Scott."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 May 1812 and 31 May 1812
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:1762
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Diarist
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
William Wordsworth
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1697
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:24-25
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 24-25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1697, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
From entry 45 (ii) in Wu (1995); quotation from Edith J. Morley, ed., Henry Crabb Robinson on Books and their Writers (3 vols, 1938) 1:85.