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Record Number: 8616


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thomas Medwin, in his memoir of Shelley: 'In the beginning of [1808] I showed Shelley some poems to which I had subscribed by Felicia Browne [...] Her juvenile productions, remarkable certainly for her age [14] [...] made a powerful impression on Shelley'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1808 and 30 Jun 1808

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Pupil at Eton College

Religion:

Atheist

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:

Felicia Browne [later Hemans]

Title:

Poems

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1808

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8616

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Susan J. Wolfson

Title:

Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials

Place of Publication:

Princeton

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

526

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials, (Princeton, 2000), p. 526, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8616, accessed: 15 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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