Record Number: 17096
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
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1763.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17096
Source: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:
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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: 17 August 2024
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).