Evidence: | Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, by opening of the play: "Idolising Shakspeare [sic] as I do, I cannot but feel that the whole scene is very unnatural. He took it, to be sure, from an old story. What miracles his genius has brought out from materials so unpromising!" |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1800 and 1859 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Historian and Critic |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Shakespeare |
Title: | King Lear |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | The twelve volume edition of Shakespeare of 1778 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 788 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 416 | |
Additional comments: | In chapter on Macaulay's marginal notes |
Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 416, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=788, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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