Record Number: 18788
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read Roderick over and over again and am the more and more convinced that it is the noblest Epic poem of the age I have had some correspondence and a good deal of conversation with Mr Jeffery [sic] about it who though he does not agree with me in every particular. He says it is too long and wants [italics] elasticity [end italics] and will not he fears be generally read though much may be said in its favours' [Hogg was trying to get Jeffrey to allow him to review the poem]
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 13 Sep 1814 and 15 Dec 1814
Country:Scotland and 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:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:shepherd and poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland and England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Roderick, The Last of the Goths
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book, Hogg had also read the poem in MS
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18788
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:221
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 221, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18788, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Southey. Hogg had read the poem in the Lake District by 13th Sept 1814 and then presumably after it was published in late november.
