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Record 18669

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I heard two gentleman [sic] reading with great glee and much laughter several sheets of a parody upon part of it yesterday which they gave me to understand would be published. The verse seemed not at all contemptible but the matter bore every mark of malice and envy'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 May 1808
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Edinburgh
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener:James Hogg
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth Nov 1770
Socio-economic group: Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation: shepherd, became author
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [a parody of Scott's 'Marmion']
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Sheet
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18669  
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: 86
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 86, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18669, accessed: 01 May 2024

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