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Record Number: 18801


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"The Lord of the isles" is in [the Edinburgh Review] and seems meant as a favourable review, in my opinion however it is [italics] scarce middling [end italics] as we Scots folks say'.

Century:

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1815 and 31 Mar 1815

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (agricultural)

Occupation:

shepherd and poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Edinburgh Review [review of Scott's 'Lord of the Isles']

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Number 24, February 1815

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18801

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2004

Vol:

I

Page:

244

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 244, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18801, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter from Hogg to John Murray.

   
   
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