WorkHarriet Martineau

“Characteristics of the Genius of Scott" in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine”

"Characteristics of the Genius of Scott" in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (December 1832–January 1833) Inferred

Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) · December 1832–January 1833

InferredHudspeth identified this as Harriet Martineau's essay published in *Tait's Edinburgh Magazine* in December 1832 and January 1833, titled 'Characteristics of the Genius of Scott' or 'Achievements of the Genius of Scott.'

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1833Characteristics of the Genius of ScottAttested
“Yesterday I took Hood's and Pinkney's poems and Miss Martineau on Scott into the wood.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Groton 27th July 1833
Same dated sentence documents her taking Martineau's essay on Scott to read.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed1record

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Letter to James F. Clarke

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“Yesterday I took Hood's and Pinkney's poems and Miss Martineau on Scott into the wood. I passed three or four hours there reading passages from them and conversing with you about it.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.

Inferred Hudspeth identified this as Harriet Martineau's essay published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine in December 1832 and January 1833, titled 'Characteristics of the Genius of Scott' or 'Achievements of the Genius of Scott.'