Record Number: 20355

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading his lectures upon "Shakspere," [sic] and upon "English Literature" and are all quite enchanted with them. I think his criticism of Shakspere [sic] is sometimes almost equal to Shakspere [sic] himself. I think Reed must have been a delightful person to have known. Since we have come across it, we have been hearing of it from all quarters. I suppose it must only have made its appearance in this country lately. I think that wherever he is read he must make a sensation as of the great lights of the world.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1857 and 31 Dec 1858

Country:

Ireland

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:

Reader:

Emily De Quincey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1833

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

part-time secretary for her father, Thomas De Quincey

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Thomas De Quincey's daughter

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Hope Reed

Title:

Lectures on History and Tragic Poetry as Illustrated by Shakespeare

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20355

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Willard Hallam Bonner

Title:

De Quincey at Work

Place of Publication:

Buffalo, NY

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

37

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emily De Quincey to Mrs. James T. Fields, the wife of her De Quincey's American publisher. Bonner dates the letter between 1857-1858.

Citation:

Willard Hallam Bonner (ed.), De Quincey at Work, (Buffalo, NY, 1936), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20355, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments: