Evidence: | Francis Horner to his sister, 26 October 1815:
'I told you I was reading Don Roderick the Goth; and notwithstanding the romance of the
original story, it was with fatigue that I got through it. I am not surprised that the book has
had a run, because there [italics]is[end italics] a romantic story, and because it is seasoned
with methodistical cant to the taste of the times; but that the work should be commended by
any person of cultivated taste, as it has been, seems to me strange.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1814 and 26 Oct 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Francis Horner |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1778 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Lawyer/Politician |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | unknown |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Robert Southey |
Title: | Roderick, the Last of the Goths |
Genre: | Fiction, History, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1814 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17125 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
Vol: | 7 | |
Page: | 13 n.3 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 13 n.3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17125, accessed: 29 March 2023 |
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