Record Number: 5473
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Ezra Pound, having acquired a copy of Algernon Swinburne's Laus Veneris already annotated by somebody else, took pains to dissociate himself from the other's views [adding in book]: 'Some damn fool had this book before I bought it. I am not responsible for the notes in his handwriting'."
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
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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:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:USA
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:annotations in copy of Algernon Swinburne, Laus Veneris
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: annotations in printed text
Publication DetailsNew York, 1866
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5473
Source:H. J. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:90
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5473, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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