Record Number: 5228
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
" ... [John] Donne describes his 'poor Library, where to cast mine eye upon good Authors kindles or refreshes sometimes meditations not unfit to communicate to near friends' ..."
Century:1500-1599, 1600-1699
Date:unknown
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: library
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:various texts
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5228
Source:Stephen B. Dobranski
Editor:n/a
Title:Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:n/a
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Page:49
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Stephen B. Dobranski, Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5228, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from John Donne, Selected Prose 127.