Record Number: 18784

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Roderick is safe depend upon it I venture my judgement on it very publickly that it is the first epic poem of the age - its great merit consists in the extent and boldness of the plan its perfect consistency and the ease with which it is managed - in these respects you are so far above your cotemporaries [sic] as not to admit of a comparison - I should like above all things to review it in some respectable work'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 13 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ellerey
county: Westmoreland

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:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (agricultural)

Occupation:

shepherd and poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Robert Southey

Title:

Roderick, The Last of the Goths

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

published Nov 21st 1814

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18784

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2004

Vol:

I

Page:

203

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18784, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Southey, probably before the poem was published - editors suggest 8th Oct to end Nov 1814.