Record Number: 17142
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett (in hand of an amanuensis, Boyd being blind), letter postmarked 13 April 1843: 'It runs in my head, that several years ago, perhaps when I was at Morven [sic, for Malvern] Wells, an article was read to me, out of the Edinbourg [sic Review] or some such work; but I rather think, out of the Edinbourg. I think it was to this effect. A Society of Literary Men, has been employed for some years in investigating the Question about the authenticity of Ossian's Poems. The result is, that the character of Macpherson has been completely vindicated. It is now ascertained, that these Poems are really in existence, and were not forged by him. I myself do not remember, that I ever for a single minute doubted their genuineness.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:possibly Malvern
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:article regarding Ossian controversy
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsSource eds suggest the Edinburgh Review, July 1805 (pp.429-462).
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17142
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:7
Page:73-74
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 73-74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17142, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Number of Edinburgh Review noted by source eds contained coverage of the Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian (1805). Source eds also note, 'Boyd's assertion that Macpherson was vindicated is certainly not wholly supported by this article'; see p.74 n.1.