Record Number: 6200
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"What originally made [Robert] Boyle so 'passionate a Friend to Reading,' he was wont to say, 'was the accidentall Perusall of Quintus Curtius.' This ancient romance of Alexander the Great had 'conjur'd up in him that unsatisfy'd Curiosity of Knowledge, that is yet as greedy, as when it first was rays'd.'"
Century:1600-1699
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Quintus Curtius
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:6200
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:382
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 382, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6200, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotations from Robert Boyle by Himself and His Friends, ed. M. Hunter (London, 1994) 7.