Record Number: 21615
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley, one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's, in 1762. Goldsmith asserted, that there was no poetry produced in this age. Dodsley appealed to his own Collection, and maintained, that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", you had villages composed of very pretty houses; and he mentioned particularly "The Spleen".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1762
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1703
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and bookseller
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Fit of the Spleen, A'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21615
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
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Page:743
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 743, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21615, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Original date of publication 1791. Dodsley's 'Collection' was a book edited by him, 'A collection of Poems by Several Hands'. This poem is in the collection, though there is a more notable one called 'The Spleen' by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea. The author may have been Benjamin Ibbot?
