Record Number: 1755
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Wordsworth's] first mention of ... [Francis Jeffrey, review of Robert Southey, Thalaba, in the Edinburgh Review 1 (Oct 1802)] comes in a letter of Jan. 1804 to [John] Thelwall ... "That review of Thalaba I never read entirely, having only seen it in a Country Bookseller's shop, who would not permit me to cut open the Leaves, as he only had it upon trial."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1802 and 31 Dec 1804
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:review of Thalaba
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn Edinburgh Review 1 (Oct. 1802) 63-83
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:1755
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:116-17
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 116-17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1755, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 228 (i) of Wu (1995); quotation from Ernest De Selincourt, ed., The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Early Years, 1787-1805 (1967) 432.