Record Number: 4109

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"'Putting Shakespeare and his immediate followers out of the way, whom do you think the best dramatist?' 'Otway, Lee and Southern, unquestionably. I speak, perhaps, from an old feeling of attachment, but, nevertheless, from deep conviction? Southern was a sweet and natural poet; he was the Goldsmith of tragedy.'"

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

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:

Charles Maturin

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1782

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Curate

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Southern

Title:

Complete Plays

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1682-96 (5 plays)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4109

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Robert Maturin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1827

Vol:

XX

Page:

146-52

Additional Comments:

Anonymous article entitled 'Recollections of Maturin' (pp. 146-52).

Citation:

Charles Robert Maturin, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, (1827), XX, p. 146-52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4109, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None