Record Number: 21221

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1945) include extracts (on transience of pleasure in nature) from Ruskin's introduction to his notes on Turner drawings owned by him, and exhibited in 1878 at the Fine Art Society's London galleries.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1945 and 31 Dec 1945

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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Ruskin

Title:

Introduction to Notes on Turner drawings

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Source ed. cites The Works of John Ruskin, ed. E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn (LOndon, 1904) XIII 409-10.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21221

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

167

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 167, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21221, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None