Record Number: 17142

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett (in hand of an amanuensis, Boyd being blind), letter postmarked 13 April 1843: 'It runs in my head, that several years ago, perhaps when I was at Morven [sic, for Malvern] Wells, an article was read to me, out of the Edinbourg [sic Review] or some such work; but I rather think, out of the Edinbourg. I think it was to this effect. A Society of Literary Men, has been employed for some years in investigating the Question about the authenticity of Ossian's Poems. The result is, that the character of Macpherson has been completely vindicated. It is now ascertained, that these Poems are really in existence, and were not forged by him. I myself do not remember, that I ever for a single minute doubted their genuineness.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

possibly Malvern

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:

Listener:

Hugh Stuart Boyd

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1781

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Classicist

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

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:

Title:

article regarding Ossian controversy

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Source eds suggest the Edinburgh Review, July 1805 (pp.429-462).

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17142

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

7

Page:

73-74

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 73-74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17142, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Number of Edinburgh Review noted by source eds contained coverage of the Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian (1805). Source eds also note, 'Boyd's assertion that Macpherson was vindicated is certainly not wholly supported by this article'; see p.74 n.1.