| Evidence: | 'On the penult of the year 1819 I reached the last line of the "Iliad". To speak of the merits of the Maeonian Bard from one perusal only may be deemed presumption - yet I may be allowed to say that my Enjoyment fell far short of Expectation. I found, & I am ashamed to say it, little to please and much to offend- The Morals of his Divinities are those of St Giles- their language that of Billingsgate or Wapping- His Nestors are garrulous beyond endurance...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1819 and 31 Dec 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Mitchell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| Country of origin: | Unknown |
| Country of experience: | Unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Homer |
| Title: | The Iliad |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10234 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C. R. Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 232 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10234, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Taken from footnote to a letter from Thomas Carlyle to Robert Mitchell dated 18th March 1820, written at Edinburgh. Pages 231 - 234 in this edition. Footnote is exerpt from Mitchell's letter to Carlyle dated 13th January 1820. Date range of reading experience is estimate based on Mitchell's letter. |
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