Record Number: 19117

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Just now I opened Spencer, and the first Lines I saw were these.- "The noble Heart that harbors vertuous thought, And is with Child of glorious great intent, Can never rest, until it forth have brought Th' eternal Brood of Glory excellent -"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Apr 1817

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Carisbrooke
county: Isle of Wight

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:

John Keats

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Oct 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edmund Spenser

Title:

The Faerie Queene

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19117

Source:

Print

Author:

John Keats

Editor:

Robert Gittings

Title:

John Keats Selected Letters

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

Revised by Jon Mee. Quotation taken from a letter written by John Keats to J.H Reynolds.

Citation:

John Keats, Robert Gittings (ed.), John Keats Selected Letters, (New York, 2002), p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19117, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

The quotation from "The Faerie Queene" is identified in an editorial note as I.v.i.