Record Number: 852
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'W[ordsworth] did not read it [Thomas Beddoes, Domiciliary Verses] until it was reprinted in the Annual Anthology (1799). [Joseph] Cottle sent W[ordsworth] a copy ... in Aug. 1799, and on 2 Sept he wrote back: "Pray give yourself no uneasiness about Dr Beddoes's verses [which parodied the Lyrical Ballads] ... it is a very harmless performance."'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between Aug 1799 and Sep 1799
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:07 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
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:Domiciliary Verses
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published as insert in Bristol edition of Lyrical ballads; reprinted in Annual Anthology (ed. Robert Southey, 1799)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:852
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:13
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=852, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Information from entry 24 (ii) in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791.