Record Number: 11110

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In the five or six impatient minutes, before the dinner is quite ready, who would think of taking up the Fairy Queen for a stop-gap, or a volume of Bishop Andrewes' sermons? Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which, who listens, had need bring docile thoughts, and purged ears.[...] you cannot avoid reading [him] aloud-to your-self or (as it chances) to some single person listening. More than one-and it degenerates into an audience.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Charles Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Essayist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

yes, names unknown

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Milton

Title:

[poetry]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11110

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Lamb

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Elia and the Last Essays of Elia

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

198

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Lamb, Elia and the Last Essays of Elia, (Oxford, 1987), p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11110, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None