Record Number: 4085
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I do not like Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch reviewers, though, as my father says, the lines are very strong and worthy of Pope and the Dunciad! But I was so much prejudiced against the whole by the first lines I opened upon about the 'paralytic muse' of the man who had been his guardian and is his relation and to whom he had dedicated his first poems, that I could not relish his wit. He may have great talents, but I am sure he has neither a great not good mind; and I feel dislike and disgust for his Lordship.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1809 and 1810
Country:Ireland
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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:Female
Date of Birth:1767
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Christian (Church of England)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English Bards and Scotch Reviwers: a satire
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 1809
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4085
Source:Maria Edgeworth
Editor:Augustus J. C. Hare
Title:Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth
Place of Publication:London: Edward Arnold
Date of Publication:1894 (2 vols)
Vol:1
Page:172
Additional Comments:
Letter to C. Sneyd Edgeworth, April 1810 (from Edgeworths town).
Citation:
Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 172, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4085, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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