| Evidence: | "Blake and I read every Evening that copy of the Iliad which your namesake of St Paul's was so good as to send me, comparing it with the 1st edition and with the Greek as we proceed - we shall be glad to see the odyssey also, as soon as it is visible - & with it the pages of the Iliad that were not dispatched from the press, when our copy arrived".
Letter from William Hayley to John Johnson Letter 37 |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 8 Nov 1801 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Felpham county: Surrey |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | William Blake |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1757 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Engraver and Poet |
| Religion: | non-Conformist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
William Hayley |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Homer |
| Title: | Iliad |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry, comparing translations |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | New translation of Iliad |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 13714 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Hayley | |
| Editor: | Geoffrey Keynes | |
| Title: | The Letters of William Blake: with related documents | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 37 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Hayley, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13714, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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