Record Number: 5945
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
''"My masters... in poetry, were Swinburne and Meredith among the living, Rossetti, Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning among the lately dead. To these I would add Edward Fitzgerald... In prose, the masters were Stendhal, Flaubert, Villiers del'Isle-Adam, Guy de Maupassant, Prosper Merimee and Walter Pater".'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1897 and 1900
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:1 Jun 1878
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later a writer
Religion:unknown
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:n/a
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5945
Source:Muriel Spark
Editor:n/a
Title:John Masefield
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953 (rev. ed. 1992)
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Muriel Spark, John Masefield, (London, 1953 (rev. ed. 1992)), p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5945, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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