Record Number: 33993
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘...I did not and do not, admire any of his [Robert Southey’s] laureate poetry - (except the epicedian on the Princess, which is beautiful) nor agree with all his Articles in the Quarterly. Entre nous, I think he has retained, even in his ultra-toryism, and high-churchmanship, the fundamental error which made him, in the heat of youth, somewhat of a revolutionist; he expects a great deal more from positive institutions than God ever intended they should produce. ...’
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 6 Nov 1817 and 8 May 1836
Country: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:19 Sep 1796
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet, essayist, teacher, biographer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Funeral Ode on the Death of the Princess Charlotte
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33993
Source:Hartley Coleridge
Editor:Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs
Title:Letters of Hartley Coleridge
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:190
Additional Comments:
Letter written to Hartley's cousin, Henry Nelson Coleridge, from Grasmere, dated May 8, 1836. The ‘epicedian’ to which Hartley refers is probably Southey’s ‘Funeral Ode on the Death of the Princess Charlotte’ (1817).
Citation:
Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 190, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33993, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
