Record Number: 11110
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
Timen/a
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poetry]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11110
Source: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: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None