Record Number: 20910
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Dante, De Vulgari Eloquentia 1309 (?) which I'd never read and now only have in translation, must have been written excitedly, and while Div[ina]. Com[media] was forming in his mind. What a pity it only deals with Canzone! [goes on to comment further on passages noted from text]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 19 Aug 1930 and 31 Dec 1930
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Jan 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:De Vulgari Eloquentia
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn English translation by A. G. Ferrers Howell (1890)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20910
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
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Page:82-83
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 82-83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20910, accessed: 30 December 2024
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Translator/edition of text conjectured by source ed.