Evidence: | 'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox (Footnote: William Knox), a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poetical talent - a very fine one - then shewd itself in a fine strain of pensive poetry calld I think the Lonely Hearth, far superior to those of Michael Bruce, whose consumption by the way has been the life of his verses.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 8 Dec 1825 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Walter Scott |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Novelist, poet & lawyer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Knox |
Title: | Lonely Hearth |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 27570 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Walter Scott | |
Editor: | W.E.K. Anderson | |
Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 36 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 36, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27570, accessed: 31 May 2023 |
Diary entry for Thursday, 8th December 1825 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)