| Evidence: | 'Roderick is safe depend upon it I venture my judgement on it very publickly that it is the first epic poem of the age - its great merit consists in the extent and boldness of the plan its perfect consistency and the ease with which it is managed - in these respects you are so far above your cotemporaries [sic] as not to admit of a comparison - I should like above all things to review it in some respectable work'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 13 Sep 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ellerey county: Westmoreland |
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| Reader: | James Hogg |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Nov 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | shepherd and poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| 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: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | published Nov 21st 1814 |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 18784 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Hogg | |
| Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of James Hogg, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 2004 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 203 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 203, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18784, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
| Letter to Southey, probably before the poem was published - editors suggest 8th Oct to end Nov 1814. |
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