Evidence: | 'Of Ben Jonson's Alchemist he writes: "It is very happily managed indeed to make Subtle use so many terms of alchemy, and talk with such fanatical warmth about his 'great art,' even to his accomplice. As Hume says, roguery and enthusiasm run into each other. I admire this play very much. The plot would have been more agreeable, and more rational, if Surly had married the widow whose honor he has preserved. Lovewit is as contemptible as Subtle himself. The whole of the trick about the Queen of Fairy is improbable in the highest degree. But, after all, the play is as good as any in our language out of Shakespeare."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 25 Oct 1800 and 28 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
Country: | India | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | historian and critic |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | India |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ben Jonson |
Title: | The Alchemist |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 307 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 402 | |
Additional comments: | Appendix on Macaulay's marginal notes. Macaulay's marginalia denoted by double inverted commas. |
Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 402, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=307, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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