Record Number: 20321
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There was Hamish, confirmed practical joker, who donned stage make-up and a false beard and, pretending serious research, persuaded a member of the Bodleian staff to bring him John Wilkes's "Essay on Woman" - a work so scandalous that it was on the restricted access list - and copied it out for [itaklics] zamizdat [end italics] circulation among a select few: "Awake my Fanny, leave all meaner things, This morn shall show what rapture swiving brings..." I accepted a copy, on several sheets of smudged carbon, and for many weeks hid it in the lining of my trunk, expecting that at any moment, in some fateful fashion, the sin would proclaim itself'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Oct 1939
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
specific address: Bodleian Library
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
friend of Ralph Glasser
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay on Woman
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:20321
Source:Ralph Glasser
Editor:n/a
Title:Gorbals Boy at Oxford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:11-12
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Ralph Glasser, Gorbals Boy at Oxford, (London, 1988), p. 11-12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20321, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None