Record Number: 27571

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poetical talent - a very fine one - then shewd itself in a fine strain of pensive poetry calld I think the Lonely Hearth, far superior to those of Michael Bruce (Footnote: Scott probably had in his mind his 'Elegy - Written in Spring'), whose consumption by the way has been the life of his verses.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 8 Dec 1825

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Walter Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist, poet & lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Michael Bruce

Title:

Elegy - Written in Spring

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27571

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W.E.K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

36

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27571, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Diary entry for Thursday, 8th December 1825