Evidence: | 'I hear nothing of the literary world very interesting except that people are commending some of Lord Byron's melodies as incomparably beautiful and laughing immoderately at Mr Wordsworth's new prefaces which certainly excel all that ever was written in this world in egotism vanity and absurdity'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 7 May 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | James Hogg |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Nov 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | shepherd / farmer and author |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | William Wordsworth |
Title: | Poems by William Wordsworth, including Lyrical Ballads |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Edition with prefaces - 1815 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18809 | |
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: | 249 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 249, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18809, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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