Record Number: 19575

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Critics] have been as graciously disposed towards me as I could expect. The Edinborough more particularly who have praised me into some Reputation for writing Lyrical Verses, that is to say, Songs, a Talent with which I did not previously flatter myself that I was I possession of & it is marvelous how much even acute Readers are led & influenced by these periodical Critics who dictate to us all more than perhaps any of us are willing to allow.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1819 and 29 Oct 1819

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Trowbridge

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Dec 1754

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman and poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Jeffrey

Title:

[review of Crabbe's 'Tales from the Hall']

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Edinburgh Review, July 1819

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19575

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

275

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 275, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19575, accessed: 03 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to Elizabeth Charter