Record Number: 2288
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 15 September 1817, on what he perceives to be inferiority of contemporary authors to Pope: 'I am the more confirmed in this - by having lately gone over some of our Classics - particularly Pope ... I took Moore's poems & my own & some others - & went over them side by side with Pope's - and I was really astonished ... and mortified - at the ineffable distance in point of sense - harmony - effect - & even Imagination Passion - & Invention - between the little Queen Anne's Man - & us of the lower Empire ...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Sep 1817 and 15 Sep 1817
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Venice
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:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2288
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1976
Vol:5
Page:265
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 5, p. 265, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2288, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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