Record Number: 2081

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 22 November 1813: 'I remember the effect of the first Edinburgh Review [containing negative review of his work] on me. I heard of it six weeks before, - read it the day of its denunciation, - dined and drank three bottles of claret ... was not easy, till I had vented my wrath and my rhyme, in the same pages aganst every thing and every body.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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 in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

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:

Various

Title:

Edinburgh Review

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Natural history, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

?1808

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2081

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

3

Page:

213

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon, Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1974), 3, p. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2081, accessed: 02 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None