Record Number: 33912

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You have probably seen Henry’s book on Homer. It is wonderfully clever, does him much credit. I thoroughly sympathize, (hang the word it’s always intruding) with his admiration of the old bard, tho’ by what subtlety of logic he reconciles this admiration with his theory of the Homeridae, I cannot tell. ...’

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1830 and 30 Aug 1830

Country:

England

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:

Hartley Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Sep 1796

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet, essayist, teacher

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Nelson Coleridge

Title:

Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets: Designed Principally for the Use of Young Persons at School and College

Genre:

Classics, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Education, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1830

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33912

Source:

Print

Author:

Hartley Coleridge

Editor:

Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs

Title:

Letters of Hartley Coleridge

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

Letter addressed to Hartley's brother, Derwent Coleridge, 'Begun August - Finished August 30, [1830.]' 'Henry' is Henry Nelson Coleridge, Hartley's brother-in-law and cousin (husband of Sara Coleridge) Editors' notes: 1. 'i.e. H. N. Coleridge’s Introduction to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets, 1830.' 2. '[S. T.] Coleridge, like his son-in-law, Henry Nelson Coleridge, was a strenuous advocate of the theory that the Iliad was composed by several authors. Both James Fenimore Cooper and Sir Walter Scott record his remarks on the subject, and twice in the Table Talk Coleridge is quoted as supporting the contention.'

Citation:

Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33912, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None