Record Number: 25936
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Edinr Review is out some time ago; and the 'State of German Literature' has been received with considerable surprise and approbation by the Universe. Thus for instance, de Quinc[e]y praises it in his Saturday Post. Sir W. Hamilton tells me that it is 'cap'tal'; and Wilson informs John Gordon that it has 'done me a deal o'good'.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:18 Nov 1827
Country:Scotland
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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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of 'State of German Literature'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Crafts
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsEdinburgh 'Saturday Post' 24 Nov, reviewing the Edinburgh Review, No, 72
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25936
Source:Thomas Carlyle
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:290
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25936, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle, dated 29 November 1827. Pages 287-293 in this edition. Estimated date range based on the date of the review's publication and date of this letter.
