Record Number: 17107

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, in hand of amanuensis, letter postmarked 3 March 1843: 'Since I last wrote to you expressly on the Poems of Ossian; I have read another, called, The death of Cuthullin [sic]. I found, that it contained the idea you admired so much, about the darkened half of the moon, behind its growing light [...] Harriet Holmes who read it to me, thought it finer than the other [?Carric-thura]. I myself am doubtfull [sic] about it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 22 Feb 1843 and 3 Mar 1843

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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Holmes

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Hugh Stuart Boyd, b.1781 (blind, so unable to read text himself)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Macpherson (as 'translator' of Ossian)

Title:

The Death of Cuchullin

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James Macpherson

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17107

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

345

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 345, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17107, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Boyd believed in authenticity of (forged) 'Ossian' poems.