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Record Number: 25936


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Edinr Review is out some time ago; and the 'State of German Literature' has been received with considerable surprise and approbation by the Universe. Thus for instance, de Quinc[e]y praises it in his Saturday Post. Sir W. Hamilton tells me that it is 'cap'tal'; and Wilson informs John Gordon that it has 'done me a deal o'good'.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

18 Nov 1827

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:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

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:

Thomas de Quincey

Title:

Review of 'State of German Literature'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Crafts

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

Edinburgh 'Saturday Post' 24 Nov, reviewing the Edinburgh Review, No, 72

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25936

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

290

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 290, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25936, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle, dated 29 November 1827. Pages 287-293 in this edition. Estimated date range based on the date of the review's publication and date of this letter.

   
   
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