Evidence: | 'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned
in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading his lectures upon
"Shakspere," [sic] and upon "English Literature" and are all quite enchanted with them. I think
his criticism of Shakspere [sic] is sometimes almost equal to Shakspere [sic] himself. I think
Reed must have been a delightful person to have known. Since we have come across it, we
have been hearing of it from all quarters. I suppose it must only have made its appearance in
this country lately. I think that wherever he is read he must make a sensation as of the great
lights of the world.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1857 and 31 Dec 1858 | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Emily De Quincey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1833 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | part-time secretary for her father, Thomas De Quincey |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Thomas De Quincey's daughter |
Author: | Henry Hope Reed |
Title: | Lectures on History and Tragic Poetry as Illustrated by Shakespeare |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20355 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Willard Hallam Bonner | |
Title: | De Quincey at Work | |
Place of Publication: | Buffalo, NY | |
Date of Publication: | 1936 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 37 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Emily De Quincey to Mrs. James T. Fields, the wife of her De Quincey's American publisher. Bonner dates the letter between 1857-1858. |
Citation: | Willard Hallam Bonner (ed.), De Quincey at Work (Buffalo, NY, 1936), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20355, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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