Record Number: 6199
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Adrian Johns notes how the school-aged Robert Boyle was advised to read romances [incuding "'the stale Adventures [of] Amadis de Gaule'"] as remedy for a "melancholic state" following a tertian ague: "Far from curing Boyle, he later testified, the stories 'prejudic'd him by unsettling his Thoughts ... accustom's his Thoughts to such a Habitude of Raving, that he hath scarce ever been their quiet Master since.'"
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1627 and 1645
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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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1627
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Country of Origin:Ireland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:romances including Amadis de Gaulle
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:6199
Source:Adrian Johns
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Title:The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
Place of Publication:Chicago
Date of Publication:1998
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Page:380-81
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 380-81, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6199, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotations from Robert Boyle, "Account of Philaretus in his Minority," in Robert Boyle by Himself and His Friends, ed. M. Hunter (London, 1994) 8-9.