Record Number: 2603
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 5 February 1821: 'Read some of Bowles's dispute about Pope, with all the replies and rejoinders. Perceive that my name has been lugged into the controversy ...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:5 Feb 1821
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Ravenna
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:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:various
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2603
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:8
Page:43
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2603, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
In 1806, Bowles had edited and published Alexander Pope's works in ten volumes; in it, he criticized Pope's morals as well as his poetry, and thus revived a scholarly dispute about Pope's proper place in the poetic hierarchy. Over the next several years Bowles was attacked, most notably by Byron, for disparaging Pope, and in response to these attacks, Bowles issued Invariable Principles of Poetry (1819) in which he outlined his critical perspective. An attack on Bowles's principles followed in the Quarterly Review, which led to a series of articles, letters, and pamphlets by Pope's defenders and detractors, particularly Byron and Bowles, which lasted until 1825 when Bowles published A Final Appeal to the Literary Public, Relative to Pope. (see http://www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/bowles-william-lisle)
