Record Number: 18688
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I think the stanzas greatly improved and they are in the press as an introduction to the second edition of the [italics] wake [end italics]. There was one term which I was thinking should have been altered as it rather struck me to be bordering on the extravagant I think it was [italics] heaven-born [end italics] which I thought should only have been [italics] gifted [end italics] or something to that effect but you may trust that to me I will think of it when the proof comes to my hand'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 14 May 1813 and 7 Jun 1813
Country:Scotland
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:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:shepherd, later author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'To James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, author of The Queen's Wake. By A Gentleman of Suffolk'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailspublished in Edinburgh evening Courant on 29/04/1813 and then reprinted in the second edition of The Queen's Wake
Provenanceowned
sent by Barton
Source Information:
Record ID:18688
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2004
Vol:I
Page:147
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 147, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18688, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Bernard Barton regarding the second version of these verses, originally given by Barton before mid-May 1813.
