Record Number: 22236
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank you for Herder which came in the nick of time; as I had just heard the last oracle of Nathan, and was ennuying myself with Tasso's Aminta- '
Century:1800-1849
Date:24 Feb 1826
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Haddington (family home)
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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Daughter of doctor
N/A
Religion:Christian
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:Aminta
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1590
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22236
Source:Jane Baillie Welsh
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:55
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22236, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from JBW to John A. Carlyle dated 7 March 1826, written at Haddington. Pages 54-55 in this edition. Estimated date range - JBW does not mention these works before this letter.