Record Number: 17096

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, 10 January 1843: 'I have been reading a good deal of Dr Blair's Dissertation upon Ossian. The Miss Smiths can bear witness, that before I read it, I made several of the remarks which I afterwards found in Blair.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1842 and 8 Jan 1843

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Hugh Stuart Boyd

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1781

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

classicist

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hugh Blair

Title:

A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1763.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17096

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

282

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 282, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17096, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Boyd was a listener as, being blind, he had all texts read to him.
Boyd's letter a response to Barrett's adherence to (true) opinion that Ossian poems forged by Macpherson (Boyd was convinced of their authenticity).