Record Number: 5132
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents of the local papers, and I derived much pleasure and knowledge from their perusal. Another means of learning that I made use of was the sign-board literature of public-houses and shops.'"
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:public house and shop signs
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: Signboard
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5132
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:95-96
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe, (Oxford, 2000), p. 95-96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5132, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from J. Gutteridge, Lights and Shadows in the Life of an Artisan (Coventry, 1893), republished in Master and Artisan in Victorian England, ed. and intro. V. E. Chancellor (London, 1969) 85.