Record Number: 13714

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Blake and I read every Evening that copy of the Iliad which your namesake of St Paul's was so good as to send me, comparing it with the 1st edition and with the Greek as we proceed - we shall be glad to see the odyssey also, as soon as it is visible - & with it the pages of the Iliad that were not dispatched from the press, when our copy arrived". Letter from William Hayley to John Johnson Letter 37

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

8 Nov 1801

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Felpham
county: Surrey

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Blake

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Engraver and Poet

Religion:

non-Conformist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

William Hayley

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Homer

Title:

Iliad

Genre:

Classics, Poetry, comparing translations

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New translation of Iliad

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13714

Source:

Print

Author:

William Hayley

Editor:

Geoffrey Keynes

Title:

The Letters of William Blake: with related documents

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

37

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Hayley, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents, (Oxford, 1980), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13714, accessed: 30 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None