Record Number: 2421
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When he was finally exposed to Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, [Robert Story] reeled from the shock of the new. Pope may have been too refined, but this, Story insisted, was "uncontrolled barbarism", poetic anarchy, "harsh, puerile and fantastic".'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Northumberland
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1795
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:shepherd, then poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lay of the Last Minstrel
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2421
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:119
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2421, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
See Robert Story, 'Love and Literature'.