Evidence: | Walter Scott to John Murray, regarding Byron's Cain:
'I do not know that his Muse has ever taken so lofty a flight amid her former soarings. He has certainly matched Milton upon his own ground. Some part of the language is bold, and may shock one class of readers [...] But then they must condemn "Paradise Lost" if they have a mind to be consistent [comments further].' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Nov 1821 and 31 Dec 1822 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Walter Scott |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
Title: | Cain, a Mystery |
Genre: | Bible, Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Published by John Murray, together with Byron's plays Sardanapalus and The Two Foscari, December 1821 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27199 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 426-427 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 426-427, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27199, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Reader the dedicatee of text; see p.426 in source. |
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