Record Number: 5474
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Locke on Human Understanding & Bacons Advancmt [sic] of Learning on Every one of these Books I wrote my Opinions & on looking them over find that my Notes on Reynolds in this Book are exactly Similar. I felt the Same Comtempt & Abhorrence then; that I do now.'"
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1757
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer/Illustrator
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Arts / architecture, aesthetics
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:5474
Source:H. J. Jackson
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Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:91
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5474, accessed: 17 August 2024
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