Record Number: 19117
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Carisbrooke
county: Isle of Wight
(Reader):
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Faerie Queene
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19117
Source: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: 24 April 2025
Additional Comments:
The quotation from "The Faerie Queene" is identified in an editorial note as I.v.i.