Record Number: 17101

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, in hand of amanuensis, letter postmarked 27 January 1843: 'Since I last wrote to you, I have read some account of Ossian, and his Poems, in the Penny Cyclopedia [...] The Rascal who wrote it, deprecates the Poems about as much as you do.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 19 Jan 1843 and 27 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:

Title:

Encyclopedia entry on 'Ossian' controversy

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (published from 1833, concluding in 1846) XVII, 50-53.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17101

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:

306

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17101, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Unlike Barrett, Boyd believed in authenticity of the 'Ossian' translations forged by James Macpherson; letter in hand of amanuensis because Boyd was blind.