Record Number: 3358
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At about age fifteen [Joseph Barker] found an old folio on anatomy and surgery by Helkiah Crooke (physician to James I) and was delighted by "certain parts of the work which treated on subjects whichare generally wrapt in mystery by people, and which my [Yorkshire Methodist] parents would have been least disposed for me to think about or understand." When he indiscreetly shared his knowledge with some friends, there was a general uproar and even death-threats. His angry parents confiscated the book then returned it "on condition that I would paste up two particular parts of it. But I soon took the liberty to break loose the sealed-up parts, and read them again".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: Yorkshire
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1806
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:soldier's son
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[medical folio]
Genre:Textbook / self-education, Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceFound
Source Information:
Record ID:3358
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:208
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 208, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3358, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See Joseph Barker, 'History and Confessions of a man, as put forth by himself' (Wortley, 1845), p.119-20.
