Record Number: 18787
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Wordsworth and Southey have each published a new poem price of each /2:2. Southey's is a noble work the other is a very absurd one but has many most beautiful and affecting passages - Scott is in the press - the beginning is beautiful'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 13 Sep 1814
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:shepherd and poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lord of the Isles, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailspublished 5th Jan 1815
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18787
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:212
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 212, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18787, accessed: 08 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Eliza Izett. Hogg's letter is dated 26th October so he must have read the poem in MS - it was not published till January.