Record Number: 2118

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 15 March 1814: 'Redde a satire on myself, called Anti-Byron, and told Murray to publish it if he liked. The object of the Author is to prove me an Atheist and a systematic conspirator against law and government. Some of the verse is good; the prose I don't quite understand.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Mar 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Poet

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:

unknown

Title:

Anti-Byron

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
Apparently at John Murray's establishment

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2118

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

3

Page:

251

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1974), 3, p. 251, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2118, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None