Evidence: | Extract of letter from Thomas De Quincey to Mary Wordsworth, given in 30 December 1810 letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson:
'"W. Scott's last novel, the Lady of the Lake, is the grand subject of prattle and chatter hereabouts. I have read it aloud to oblige my Mother, and a more disgusting Task I never had. I verily think that it is the completest magazine of all forms of the Falsetto in feeling and diction that now exists ... I have given great offence to some of Walter's idolaters ... in particular, by calling it a novel (which indeed it is; only a very dull one)."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1810 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas De Quincey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 Aug 1785 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mother of Thomas De Quincey |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | The Lady of the Lake |
Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 1418 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811) | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 458 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811) (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 458, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1418, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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