| Evidence: | 'I have read the Tragedies - I thank you for them - they are Byron's. Need I praise them. I have also read your eloquent history of Faust - For it too I think you. It has fewer faults and greater merits than its Author led me to expect -' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Jan 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Jane Bailie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | Amateur writer |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Title: | Criticism on Faust (working title) |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, Draft of essay due to be published in the Review |
| Publication details: | due to be published c. February 1822 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 12719 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Bailie Welsh | |
| Editor: | CR Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 19 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jane Bailie Welsh, CR Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12719, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle, dated c. 17 January 1822. Pages 19-21 in this edition. See also JBW's letter to Carlyle dated 29 Dec 1821, and TC's letter to Alexander Carlyle dated 12 Jan 1822. Carlyle refers to the essay in his letter to JBW dated 14 Jan 1822 (p. 14 in this edition) in which he refers to having finished writing it. |
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