Evidence: | Sharon Turner (lawyer) to John Murray, 31 January 1822:
'Mr. Shadwell, whom I have just seen, has told me that he had read "Cain" some time ago, -- that he thinks it contains nothing but what a bookseller can be fairly justified in publishing, that it is not worse in many parts than "Paradise Regained" and in "Paradise Lost" [...] He is King's Counsel and a religious man. He thinks it can hurt no reasonable mind. He will lead the case.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Dec 1821 and 31 Jan 1822 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Shadwell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Barrister |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
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: | 27200 | |
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: | 428 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 428, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27200, accessed: 27 April 2024 |
Shadwell was retained by Murray to apply to the Chancellor (Lord Eldon) for an injunction to protect Murray from pirate publishers of text; Murray was concerned that this might be refused, were text to be judged as blasphemous (see p.428 in source). |
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