Record Number: 17444
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Byron has sent us a new poem the Age of Bronze: it is short, and pithy - but not at all poetical. Byron may still easily fail to be a great man. You shall see his Bronze (a poetical squib) when you arrive; and another Liberal which is on the way.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:2 Apr 1823
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Age Of Bronze
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: LetterUnknown
Publication DetailsPublished April 1823
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17444
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:327
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 327, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17444, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to James Baillie Welsh dated 6th April 1823, written at 3. Moray Street. Pages 324 - 327 in this edition. Estimated date range based on date of Carlyle's previous letter to JBW - this seems to have been a very recent occurrence. It is unclear whether Carlyle is reading a published copy or a copy that he has been sent personally.
