Record Number: 2821
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"One advantage of leaving school at an early age is that one can study subjects of your own choice", wrote Frank Argent, son of a Camberwell labourer. Taking advantage of the public library and early Penguins, he ranged all over the intellectual landscape: Freudian psychology, industrial administration, English literature, political history, Blake, Goethe, Mill,Nietzsche, The Webbs, Bertrand Russell's Essays in Scepticism, and Spengler's The Decline of the West'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:1899
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:later trade unionist and factory inspector
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
Text Being Read:
Author:Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler
Title:The Decline of the West
Genre:History, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin a Penguin edition
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
or possibly owned?
Source Information:
Record ID:2821
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:162
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2821, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See Frank Argent, 'No Medals for Frankie', Southwark Local Studies Library