Evidence: | 'I have read "Ronald" with great care and much pleasure I think it is the most [italics] spirited [end italics] poem Scott ever wrote - He has availed himself of his particular forte, a kind of easy elastick rapidity which never once flags from beginning to end. It is a pity that the tale should be again butched the two females are but a clog upon it, and no one natural occurrence connected with them takes place - I likewise expected some finer bursts of feeling with regard to Scottish independence - the coaxing apology to England is below any Scot to have uttered - But these are quite subordinate matters and can never materially affect the poem and I have not a doubt, tho' the public seem to be receiving it with select caution, that it will finally succeed to the author's highest anticipation - If it do not none of his ever deserved to do so which is enough for you and me' |
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Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 7 Jan 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | James Hogg |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Nov 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
Occupation: | shepherd and author |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Lord of the Isles, The |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18796 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Hogg | |
Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
Title: | Collected Letters of James Hogg, The | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 2004 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 228 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 228, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18796, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Letter to John Ballantyne. The hero of Scott's poem is called Ronald. |
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