Record Number: 2024

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 22 November 1812: 'I have in charge a curious and very long MS. poem written by Lord Brooke (the friend of Sir Philip Sidney) (which I wish to submit to the inspection of Mr. Gifford with the following queries ... whether it has ever been published & secondly (if not) whether it is worth publication? - It is from Ld. Oxford's library & must have escaped or been overlooked amongst the M.SS. of the Harleian Miscellany. The writing is Ld. Brooke's except a different hand towards the close, it is ... in the six line stanza ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 18 Oct 1812 and 22 Nov 1812

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Lord Brooke

Title:

[untitled manuscript]

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
from library of Lord Oxford

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2024

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

2

Page:

249

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 2, p. 249, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2024, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None