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Record Number: 18846


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It so happened that you were the very first man in England that testified approbation of my rude genius after the publication of the Mountain Bard, which you did to Mr Scott in very warm and friendly terms'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1807 and 14 Aug 1817

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mainsforth
county: Durham

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Surtees

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1779

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

lawyer and landowner

Religion:

n/a

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:

James Hogg

Title:

Mountain Bard, The

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
sent to him by Walter Scott


Source Information:

Record ID:

18846

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2004

Vol:

I

Page:

296

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 296, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18846, accessed: 04 October 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Robert Surtees

   
   
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